O. M. Anujan

Olappamanna Mana Chitrabhanu Namboothirippad (born 20 July 1928) better identified as O. M. Anujan, is an Indian poet, Kathakali scholar, and academic from Kerala. He was one of the founding members of International Center for Kathakali, New Delhi. Anujan has written 10 poetry collection, 5 attakathas (texts for Kathakali performance) one short story collection and one travelogue.

Biography Anujan was born in Vellinezhi Olappamanna Mana in Palakkad district. His mother was from Vadakkancheri Mana. Poet Olappamanna is his elder brother. Due to lack of study facilities in Vellinezhi that time, he joined the school at Ottapalam at the age of 10 only. His birth name was Chithrabhanu. However, being the youngest of eight siblings, he decided to take the name Anujan (which means younger brother in Malayalam) when he joined the school.

Academic career He worked as lecturer in Presidency College, Chennai and then joined as Malayalam professor in Delhi University, later he became head of the Department of Modern Indian Languages, University of Delhi.

Awards 2018: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Lifetime Achievement Award