# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/namboothiri
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:28:17.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/namboothiri"
name: "Namboothiri"
slug: "namboothiri"
description: "Karuvattu Mana Vasudevan Namboothiri, better known as Artist Namboothiri or simply Namboothiri, was an Indian painter and sculptor, known for his line art and copper relief works. He illustrated for many Malayalam writers such as Thakazhy Shivasankara Pillai, Kesavadev, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Uroob, S. K. Pottekkatt, Edasseri Govindan Nair, and V.K.N., and was one of the most prolific literary illustrators of India. He was also a chairman of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. The Akademi awarded him the Raja Ravi Varma Award in 2003. He was also a recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director."
tagline: "Indian artist (1925–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nampoothiri_DSC_0318.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1925-09-13"
deathDate: "2023-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.15681233933162
  historical:           4.215624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نامبوثيرى"
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    title: "ആർട്ടിസ്റ്റ് നമ്പൂതിരി"
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    title: "నంబూతిరి"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump