# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-mukundan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:36.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-mukundan"
name: "M. Mukundan"
slug: "m-mukundan"
description: "Maniyambath Mukundan is an Indian author of Malayalam literature and a former diplomat. He worked as a cultural attaché at the Embassy of France in Delhi from 1961 to 2004, while concurrently working as an author. Many of his early works are set in Mahe (Mayyazhi), his homeland, which earned him the moniker Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran. He is known to be one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature. Some of his best known works include Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil, Daivathinte Vikrithikal, Kesavante Vilapangal, and Pravasam."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M_mukundan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.22360953461975
  historical:           6.24194
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1524323/"
    handle:    "nm1524323"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump