# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edasseri-govindan-nair
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:54.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edasseri-govindan-nair"
name: "Edasseri Govindan Nair"
slug: "edasseri-govindan-nair"
description: "Edasseri Govindan Nair was an Indian poet and playwright of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the major poets of Malayalam, Edasseri was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. He was also a recipient of Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, which was awarded posthumously."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edasseri_Govindan_Nair.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-12-23"
deathDate: "1974-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.082089552238806
  historical:           6.421384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump