# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kakkanadan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:25.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kakkanadan"
name: "Kakkanadan"
slug: "kakkanadan"
description: "George Varghese Kakkanadan, commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions."
tagline: "Indian Malayalam-language writer (1935–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kakkanadan3_-kakka-.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-04-23"
deathDate: "2011-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.08
  momentum:             0.5691056910569106
  historical:           6.20936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2195217/"
    handle:    "nm2195217"
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "காக்கநாடன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كاكانادان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakkanadan"
    title: "Kakkanadan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "कक्कानादन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "കാക്കനാടൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D"
    title: "काक्कनाटन्"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਕਾੱਕਨਾਦਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3525190"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4183621"
    title: "Kakkanadan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump