Malayalam literature is believed to be a thousand years old. During 19th and 20th centuries, Malayalam saw a revival and it emerged as a rich language with creative expressions through poems, novels, short stories, criticisms .

G.Sankara Kurup
Balamaniamma
P.Kunhiraman Nair
Idasseri Govindan Nair
Viloppilli Sreedhara Menon
Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri
Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup
O.N.V.Kurup
Sugathakumari
Dr.K.Ayyappa Panikkar
Olappamanna
Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
P.C.Kuttikrishnan
P.Kesava Dev
M.T.Vasudevan Nair
S.K.Pottakkad
Dr.Punathil Kunjabdulla
Vilasini
V.K.N
C.Radhakrishnan
O.V.Vijayan
M.Mukundan
Anand
Kovilan
C.V.Sreeraman

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
P.Kesava Dev
M.T.Vasudevan Nair
S.K.Pottakkad
Dr.Punathil Kunjabdulla
Vilasini
V.K.N
Kamaladas
O.V.Vijayan
M.Mukundan
T.Padmanabhan
Kovilan
C.V.Sreeraman