Background
Vijayalakshmi was born on 2 August 1960 in Mulanthuruthy village in Ernakulam district as the daughter of Kuzhikkattil Raman Velayudhan and Kamalakshi.
Vijayalakshmi was born on 2 August 1960 in Mulanthuruthy village in Ernakulam district as the daughter of Kuzhikkattil Raman Velayudhan and Kamalakshi.
She completed her education from Chottanikkara Government High School, Saint Teresa"s College, Ernakulam and Maharajas College. She completed her graduation in Biology and obtained her masters in Malayalam literature with a first rank from Kerala University.
She has composed about 199 poems between 1980 and 2010. Her first poem was published in 1977 in Kalakaumudi weekly. She has published numerous poems in Malayalam.
She has also held various other posts in the Academy, such as its Advisory Board Member and the Convener of its Publication Committee.
She also served as Vice President of the Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad. Many of Vijayalakshmi"s poems try to establish gender-equality and question the dichotomy on women.
Literary critic Doctor M. Leelavathy lauds the concept of feminism in Vijayalakshmi as a continuation of the feminism of the great poetess Balamani Amma.
She was a member of the Executive Committee and General Council of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.