N. V. Krishna Warrier

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| birth_place = Njeruvisseri, Thrissur, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|10|12|1916|5|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala

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| occupation = Poet, scholar, critic, essayist

| yearsactive = 1936–1989

| spouse = Lakshmikutty Warasyar

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| awards = {{ubl|1970 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|1979 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award|1986 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship}}

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N. V. Krishna Warrier (13 May 1916 – 12 October 1989) was an Indian poet, journalist, scholar, academic and political thinker. A prolific writer, Warrier's works covered the genres of poetry, drama, travelogue, translation, children's literature and science. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. The Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their fellowship in 1986, three years before his death in 1989.

Biography

Nerukkavu Variam Krishna Warrier was born on 13 May 1916 in Njeruvisseri, near Arattupuzha in Thrissur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Padikkaparambu Warriath Achutha Warrier and Madhavi Warasyar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKWgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-06}} He had two brothers, Shankara Warrier and Achutha Warrier and a sister, Ikkalikutti Warasyar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.geni.com/people/N-V-Krishna-Warrier/6000000002623028683 |title=N V Krishna Warrier (deceased) - Genealogy |date=2014-11-22 |publisher=Geni.com |access-date=2016-12-01}} His early schooling was at the primary school in Vallachira after which he studied at the Sanskrit school in Peruvanam where he had the opportunity to study under Meloth Raghavan Nambiar and Keshavan Elayathu, both Sanskrit scholars. Later, he studied grammar under B. Sankaranarayana Shasthri of Tripunithura Sanskrit School (present-day Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura) to pass Vyakarana Bhooshanam examination and learned Kavyaprakasham and Dhwanyalokam under K. Rama Pisharodi to pass Kavya Shiromani examination. Simultaneously, he passed Hindi Visharad examination too.

Warrier started his career as a tutor at the Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura but moved to Sreemoolanagaram Sanskrit School and later to Brahmanandodayam Sanskrit School, Kalady. In 1942, he resigned from his job to participate in Quit India Movement and ran a newspaper, Swathanthra Bharatham while in hiding.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.org/content/krishna-warrier-nv |title=Krishna Warrier. N.V. | Kerala Press Academy |access-date=2014-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506215102/http://www.pressacademy.org/content/krishna-warrier-nv |archive-date=6 May 2014 |df=dmy }} Afterwards, he joined Govt High School Kodakara as a teacher and in 1948, joined Sree Kerala Varma College as its faculty. Subsequently, he had a short stint at Madras Christian College, too, before joining Mathrubhumi in 1952 as a member of its editorial board where he stayed until he was selected as the founder director of Kerala Bhasha Institute in 1968.{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82 |title=Kerala Bhasha Institute - History |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Bhasha Institute |access-date=2019-03-06}} After his superannuation from the institute in 1975, he rejoined Mathrubhumi as the chief editor; he also worked with Kunkumam weekly for a short while.{{Cite web |url=http://marymathamananthavady.blogspot.com/2012/11/elikal-n-v-krishnawarrior-page-34.html |title=Dept of Malayalam, Mary Matha Arts and Science College, Mananthavady: Elikal- N V Krishna Warrier Pages 3,4 |last=Job |first=Joseph K. |date=2012-11-28 |website=Dept of Malayalam, Mary Matha Arts and Science College, Mananthavady |access-date=2019-03-06}}

Warrier was married to Palakkattu Kattukulath Puthan Warriath Lakshmikutty Warasyar, the marriage taking place in 1948, and the couple had 3 daughters, Usha, Parvathy and Vani, all of them medical doctors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralawindow.net/news_Octo.html |title=Welcome to Kerala window |publisher=Keralawindow.net |access-date=2016-12-01}} His death came on 12 October 1989 in Kozhikode at the age of 73.

Legacy

Krishna Warrier, a polyglot who could handle 18 languages, was a writer whose body of work covered several genres of literature such as poetry, drama, travelogue, translation, children's literature and science.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-06}} He was the author the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winning Gandhiyum Godseyum, a poem where he positioned Mohandas Gandhi and Nathuram Godse in various situations in the post-independent India for commenting on the socio-political state of affairs.{{cite book|author=C. D. Narasimhaiah|title=East West Poetics at Work: Papers Presented at the Seminar on Indian and Western Poetics at Work, Dhvanyaloka, Mysore, January 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjS36DO4yPkC&pg=PA40|year=1994|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-385-1|pages=40–}} Besides other poetry anthologies like Kochuthomman and Kalidasante Simhasanam, he also wrote literary criticisms such as Vallatholinte Kavyasilpam and a treatise in English, titled A History of Malayalam Metre.

Krishna Warrier was the first editor of Akhila Vijnana Kosam, an encyclopaedia in Malayalam.{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/n._v._krishna_warrier-profile-8800-22.htm |title=N. V. Krishna Warrier - Veethi profile |date=2019-03-06 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-03-06}} He was considered one of the best literary editors of his times.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2013/may/14/n-v-krishna-warrier-remembered-award-presented-477159.html |title=N V Krishna Warrier remembered; award presented |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-03-06}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/brilliant-critical-approaches/article3631506.ece |title=Brilliant critical approaches |last=Kunhikrishnan |first=K. |date=2012-07-12 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-06}} He is also credited with efforts on modernisation of Malayalam language; it was during his time as the head of the Kerala Bhasha Institute, the institute initiated efforts to modernise Malayalam typewriter.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/malayalam-yet-to-be-computerfriendly/article4598151.ece |title=Malayalam yet to be computer-friendly |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-04-09 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-06}} Krishna Warrier presided the Kerala Union of Working Journalists and the Sahitya Pravathaka Sahakarana Sangham (SPCS), served as a member of the Sahitya Akademi (advisory committee on Malayalam) and Kerala Sahitya Akademi, held the position of the treasurer of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, chaired the Sanskrit Committee of the Government of Kerala and sat in the advisory committee of the Jnanpith Award.

Awards and honours

Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Krishna Warrier for their annual award for poetry in 1970, for his work, Gandhiyum Godseyum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} Seven years later, he received the 1979 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Vallatholinte Kavyasilpam (literary criticism).{{cite web|url=http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D3065%3Aaboutkerala-literary-awards%26catid%3D271%3Aabout-kerala%26Itemid%3D2379 |title=Literary Awards |access-date=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184347/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065:aboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271:about-kerala&Itemid=2379 |archive-date=1 July 2014 |df=dmy }} Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him again in 1986 with their Fellowship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/NVKWarriyar/NVKrishnawarriyar.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-06}} He was also honoured by the University of Calicut by awarding him the degree of DLitt.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/Html/HonMembersPage-2.htm |title=Distinguished Fellows of the Akademi |date=2019-03-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-06}}

Two eponymous organizations have been formed in his memory, the N. V. Krishna Warrior Memorial Trust and the N. V. Sahitya Vedi; the former has instituted an annual literary award, the N. V. Krishna Warrior Literary Award{{Cite web |url=http://www.dvaipayana.net/kovilan/nvp.html |title=Another honour for top Kerala author |date=1999-09-18 |publisher=Dvaipayana.net |access-date=2016-12-01}} while the latter has its own award in the name of N. V. Sahitya Vedi Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/28/stories/2009042854280400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504055541/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/28/stories/2009042854280400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-05-04 |work=The Hindu |title=Archive News |date=2009-04-28 |access-date=2016-12-01}} N. V. Krishna Warrior Memorial Trust have also launched a digital archive to conserve Warrier's work online.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nvkrishnavarier.org/index.php |title=Online Archive |date=2019-03-06 |website=nvkrishnavarier.org |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309071243/http://www.nvkrishnavarier.org/index.php |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Positions held

Teacher – Sanskrit School, Kaladi
Teacher – Sanskrit College, Tripunithura
Publisher – Swathanthra Bharatham
Chief Editor – Mathrubhumi
Director – Kerala Bhasha Institute
Editor – Kumkumam
Editor – Yuga Prabhath.
Editor – Akhila Vijnana Kosam
President – Kerala Union of Working Journalists
President – Sahitya Pravathaka Sahakarana Sangham (SPCS)
President – Kerala Sahitya Parishad
President – Kerala Sahitya Sammithi
Member – Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Member – National Book Development Council
Member – Official Bhasha Committee.

Bibliography

= Poetry =

{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70643&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Gandhijiyum Godseyum |last=N. V. Krishna Warrier |date=1969 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86581&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Vidyapathi |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1964 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=101174&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Kaalidasante Simhasanam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V.}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86603&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Kochu Thomman |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1955 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=147016&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520n%2520v%2520krishna%2520warier |title=N V Yute kavithakal |last=Krishna Warier |first=N. V. |date=1986 |location=Kottayam, N B S |language=ml}}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Neenda Kavithakal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Kurekkoode Neenda Kavithakal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Chattavar |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Puzhakal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Rakthasakshi |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Aksharam Padikkuvin |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Translations =

{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=46154&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Akam kavithakal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V; (translator) |date=2007 |isbn=9788176901260 |location=Thrissur, Kerala Sahithya Akademi Ke}}
{{Cite book |title=Ezhu German Kathakal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. (translator) }}
{{Cite book |title=Gandhiyude Vidyarthi Jeevitham |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. (translator) }}
{{Cite book |title=Devadasan |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. (translator) }}
{{Cite book |title=Manthra Vidya |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. (translator) }}
{{Cite book |title=Sumathi |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. (translator) }}

= Essays and literary criticisms =

{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32590&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Vallatholinte Kavyashilpam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1977}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76479&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Samaakalanam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1976 |publisher=Navadhaara |location=Thiruvananthapuram}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71759&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Pariprekshyam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1967 |publisher=Current Books}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71462&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Kalotsavam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1967 |publisher=Current Books}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79130&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Velluvilikal Prathikaranangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1983 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80559&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Kaavyakauthukam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1986 |publisher=Poorna |edition= 3rd|location=Kozhikode}}
{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=319813&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Saksharata |last1=Krishna Warrier |first1=N. V. (editor) |last2=Velayudhan Nair |first2=K. (editor) |date=1974 |publisher=State Institute of Languages |location=Trivandrum}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23812&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Kautilyante Arthasasthram |last1=K V M; Tr |last2=Kautilya; Author |last3=Krishna Warrier |first3=N. V; Editor |date=1935 |series=Sree Ramavarma Grandhavali |location=Thrissur, Kerala Sahithya Akademi}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23833&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Manushyanum thozhilum |last1=Krishna Warrier |first1=N. V; Ed |last2=Sebastian Paul |date=1984}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=24061&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Samskrtha vyaakaranathinu Kerala Paniniyude sambhaavana |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V; Author |date=1989}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27013&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Bhoomiyude rasathanthram |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1989 |location=New Delhi, Indian Etheest Publishers}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27012&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Anweshanangal Kandethalukal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1989}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27019&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Prasnangal, padhanangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V; Author |date=1987}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27017&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Olangal aazhangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1990}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27016&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=N V yude gaveshana prabandhangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1989 |location=Kozhikkode, Mathrubhoomi}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27015&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Mananangal nigamanangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1987}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27023&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Samasyakal samaadhanangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1985}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27026&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Velluvilikal prathikaranangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1988 |location=Kottayam, DCB}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27025&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Veekshanangal vimarsanangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1989}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29811&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Smrithichithrangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V; Author |date=1999 |isbn=9788126400492 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=27024&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Krishna%2520Warrier%252C%2520N%2520V. |title=Vichinthanangal visadeekaranangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1988 |location=Kottayam, SPCS}}
{{cite book|author=N. V. Krishna Warrier|title=A History of Malayalam Metre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TIoMQAACAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Dravidian Linguistics Association|language=en}}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Melpathurinte Vyakarana Prathibha |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Plays =

{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80561&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=N V yude naatakangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. |date=1986 |publisher=Poorna |location=Kozhikode}}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Vasco Da Gamayum Mattu Moonnu Nadakangalum |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Veera Ravi Varma Chakravarthi |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Asthi |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Attakkatha =

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{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Budhacharitham |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Biographies =

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{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Vyakthichithrangal |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Children's literature =

{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Lekhanakala |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Jalavidya |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Travelogues =

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{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Amerikkayiloode |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/NVKrishnawarriyar/Html/NVKrishnawarriyarbooks.htm |title=Unarunna Uthara India |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V. }}

= Other works =

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{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28167&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Indian cinema |last1=Krishna Warrier |first1=N. V; Comp |last2=Thomas |first2=M. F. |date=1987}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28078&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Viswakalakal |last1=Chandrasekharan Nair |first1=Vaikom |last2=Krishna Warrier |first2=N. V; Comp |date=1987}}
{{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29080&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520N%2520V%2520krishna%2520warrier |title=Akhila Vijnaanakosam |last=Krishna Warrier |first=N. V; Ed |date=1988 |series=1}}

Works on N. V. Krishna Warrier

{{cite book|author=K. V. Rāmakr̥iṣhṇan|title=N.V. Krishna Warrier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl09A6HRO2YC|year=2000|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0950-3}}
{{cite book|author=Atmaraman|title=Bahurupi N V: Tribute to N V Krishna Warrier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTckDwAAQBAJ|date=17 May 2017|publisher=Centre for South Indian Studies|isbn=978-93-83763-35-1}}

References

External links

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{{Cite web |url=http://bookstoexport.blogspot.com/2009/01/poems-by-n-v-krishna-warrier.html |title=Poems by N V Krishna Warrier |date=2019-03-06 |website=Indulekha |language=en |access-date=2019-03-06}}

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