# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kovilan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:31:33.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kovilan"
name: "Kovilan"
slug: "kovilan"
description: "Kandanisseri Vattamparambil Velappan Ayyappan or V. V. Ayyappan, better known by his pen name Kovilan, was an Indian Malayalam language novelist and freedom fighter from Kerala. He is considered one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Indian literature. In all, he had authored 11 novels, 10 collections of short stories, three essays and a play."
tagline: "Indian writer (1923–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kovilan.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-07-09"
deathDate: "2010-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.17
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.214688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "கோவிலன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كوڤيلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کویلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovilan"
    title: "Kovilan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "कोविलन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "കോവിലൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "कोविलन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਕੋਵਿਲਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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