# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thikkodiyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:24.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thikkodiyan"
name: "Thikkodiyan"
slug: "thikkodiyan"
description: "P. Kunjanandan Nair, better known by his pseudonym, Thikkodiyan, was an Indian playwright, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter of Malayalam. He was known for his contributions to the genre of radio plays and his autobiography, Arangu Kaanatha Nadan, which detailed the socio-cultural development of Malabar in the post-independent period, fetched him a number of awards including the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, Vayalar Award and the Odakkuzhal Award."
tagline: "Indian writer (1916–2001)"
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: "1916-02-15"
deathDate: "2001-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             8.088888888888889
  historical:           5.547985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858124/"
    handle:    "nm0858124"
sources:
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    title: "திக்கோடியன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thikkodiyan"
    title: "Thikkodiyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_(%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80._%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87._%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0)"
    title: "टिक्कोडियन (पी. के. नायर)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "തിക്കോടിയൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਟਿੱਕੋਡੀਅਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7784154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1324479"
    title: "Thikkodiyan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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