V Madhusoodanan Nair is a famous Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, who was partly responsible for renewal and popularizing of poetry to the masses through recitation.
Background
He was born on 25 February 1949 at Aruviyodu near the river Neyyar, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala. Madhusoodhanan Nair imbibed quite early the tradition of many a ritualistic song from K.Velayudhan Pillai, his father, who was a reciter of Thottam Pattu.
Education
He completed his Post Graduation in Malayalam literature from Trivandrum University College.
Career
Soon after securing his Master of Arts, he had a brief stint in journalism before joining Saint Xavier’s College, Thiruvananthapuram. He took to writing poetry while at school and began publishing his pieces in 1980’son His first collection “Naranathu Bhranthan’ was published in 1992.
He is well versed in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Tamil.
He has written and rendered lyrics for three Malayalam films and wrote lyrics for Tharangini and Manorama Music. He now fully devotes his time to his literary works having retired from the College as the Professor and Head of the Department of Malayalam.