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.
1982: Kunjupillai Award 1992: Lalithambika Sahitya Award 1990: Ankanam Sahitya Award 1994: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 1995: Vyloppilly Award 1995: Changampuzha Award 1995: Indira Gandhi Sahitya Award 1997: V. T. Bhattathirippad Award 2001: P. Kunhiraman Nair Award for Mazhathan Mattetho Mukham 2010: Bala Sahitya Institute Award 2010: Ulloor Award 2011: A. Ayyappan Poetry Award 2011: Krishnageethi Award 2013: Library Council Literary Award 2013: Padmaprabha Award 2013: O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram for Vijayalakshmiyude Kavithakal.
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.
