# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-k-n
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:23:27.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-k-n"
name: "V. K. N."
slug: "v-k-n"
description: "Vadakkke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair, known professionally as VKN,, was a prominent Malayalam writer, noted mainly for his highbrow satire. He wrote novels, short stories and political commentaries. His works are noted for their multi-layered humour, trenchant criticism of the socio-political classes and ability to twist the meanings of words contextually and lend a touch of magic to his language."
tagline: "Indian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-04-06"
deathDate: "2004-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.885530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80._%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87._%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A8._(%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE)"
    title: "वी. के. एन. (तिरुविल्वलम)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%89._%D9%83%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%86."
    title: "ڤى. كى. ان."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._K._N."
    title: "V. K. N."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87._%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D."
    title: "வி. கே. என்."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "വടക്കേ കൂട്ടാല നാരായണൻ കുട്ടി നായർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%80._%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87._%E0%A8%90%E0%A8%A8."
    title: "ਵੀ. ਕੇ. ਐਨ."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13564578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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