Background
Kuttikrishnan was born in 1925 in Kadavanad village near Ponnani in Kerala as the son of Arumukhan and Devaki.
Kuttikrishnan was born in 1925 in Kadavanad village near Ponnani in Kerala as the son of Arumukhan and Devaki.
After completing his education from Puthuponnani Mappila Elementary School, Ponnani BEM School and Authorised Version Highschool, he worked in Grain Purchasing Office and Premier Hosiery in Kozhikode. Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan worked in Pourasakthi and Janavani newspapers before joining the Hind newspaper (published from Kozhikode) as assistant editors He later worked in Mathrubhumi and Malayala Manorama.
He, along with V. T. Bhattathiripad, Edasseri Govindan Nair, Uroob and North. Damodaran, was a patron of the famed Ponnani Kendra Kala Samithi, a socio-cultural union based in Ponnani.
He died on August 19, 1992.
He retired as assistant editor from Malayala Manorama in 1983 and then served as a member of the editorial committee of Bhashaposhini magazine.