# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-narayanapaniker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:29:56.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-narayanapaniker"
name: "R. Narayanapaniker"
slug: "r-narayanapaniker"
description: "R. Narayana Panickar was an Indian essayist, playwright, translator, lexicographer, novelist and historian of Malayalam. He was credited with over 100 books but the best known among them are the seven-volume work, Kerala Bhasha Sahitya Charitram, a comprehensive history of Malayalam literature up to 1951 and Navayuga Bhasha Nighantu, a lexicon. He also wrote a number of novels and translated several works including Purananuru, Akanaṉūṟu and Silappatikaram. He was also a historian and published works such as Thiruvithamkoor Charitram and Kerala Charitram. Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their annual award in 1955."
tagline: "Malayalam Writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R._Narayana_Panickar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-01-25"
deathDate: "1959-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump