Malayath Appunni

{{Short description|Indian poet}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|8|15}}

| birth_place = Tirur, Malappuram, Kerala, India

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| occupation = Writer

| nationality = Indian

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| genre = Poetry, children's literature

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{{Given name hatnote|Appunni|Malayath|lang=Malayali}}Malayath Appunni (born 15 August 1943) is a Malayalam language poet and children's writer from Kerala, India.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000929083124/http://www.calicutcity.com/persons/malayathappunni.htm "Eminent Personalities: Malayath Appunni"]}}. Calicutcity.com. Retrieved 7 July 2013. Born in Thekken Kuttoor in Tirur, Malappuram district, Appunni writes simple poetry. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/award-for-malayath-appunni/article840386.ece "Award for Malayath Appunni"]. The Hindu. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2013. and the Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam Writers in 2019.{{Cite news |date=2019-06-24 |title='Malayath Appunni stands out for his simplicity' |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/malayath-appunni-stands-out-for-his-simplicity/article28129518.ece |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0971-751X}}