# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/o-v-vijayan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:49:00.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/o-v-vijayan"
name: "O. V. Vijayan"
slug: "o-v-vijayan"
description: "Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan, commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections."
tagline: "Indian author and cartoonist (1930-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vijayan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-07-02"
deathDate: "2005-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             16.88088289393011
  historical:           7.978261333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1381970"
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    title: "O.V. Vijayan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump