N. K. Krishnankutty, popularly known as Veloor Krishnankutty (Malayalam: വേളൂർ കൃഷ്ണൻകുട്ടി, 19 September 1927 – 22 August 2003), was an Indian satirist of Malayalam literature. Kerala Sahitya Akademy awarded him their annual award for miscellaneous works in 1974.
Veloor Krishnankutty was born on September 19, 1927[1] in Velur in the present day Kottayam district, then in Travancore to N. N. Kunjunni and Parvathi Amma.[citation needed]
His education was at M. D. Seminary, Kottayam and CMS College Kottayam.[citation needed] His career started as a journalist in Deepika where he used to write a column under the pen name Pathraparayanan, and became the editor of the Deepika weekly.[2] Later, he sat in the editorial board of Keraladhwani for eight years.[3] He was also a member of the senate of the University of Cochin and the advisory boards of the All India Radio and the Institute of Children's Literature.[1]
In 1973, one of his books, Masappady Mathupillai was adapted into a film under the same name and he wrote the dialogues.[4] Noted filmmaker, K. G. George based his 1984 satire Panchavadi Palam on a book of Krishnankutty of the same name[5] and two years later, he wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues for Ambili Ammavan.[6] His book, Vela Manasilirikkatte, fetched Krishnankutty the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works in 1974.[7] He was also a recipient of other honours including E. V. Krishna Pillai Memorial Janma Satabdi Award and K. Karunakaran Memorial Seva Sangham Award.[2]
He died on August 22, 2003, at a private hospital in Kottayam where he had been admitted following renal complaints, survived his wife, two daughters and a son.[2]
