This post discusses a list of 50+ Malayalam Writers & Poets and their Pseudonyms. Some of these pen names are repeatedly asked in many of the PSC exams.
| PENNAME | REAL NAME |
| Abraham Thomas | A.D.Kovoor |
| Ekalavyan | K.M.Mathews |
| Thikodian | P.Kunjananthan Nair |
| Paarappurathu | K.E.Mathayi |
| Olappamanna | Subrahmanyan Namboothiripad |
| Maali | V.Madhavan Nair |
| Madhavikutty | Kamala Suraiyya |
| Kanam | E.J.Philip |
| Kuttippuram | Kesavan Nair |
| Indhuchoodan | Neelakandan KK |
| N.N.Kakadu | K.Narayan Namboothiri |
| Kesari | Vengayil Kunjiraman Nayanar |
| Kakkanadan | George Varghese |
| Kuvempu | K.V Puttappa |
| Kunjiraman | K. Panoor |
| Kesavapilla | Botheswaran |
| Kozhikkodan | Appukuttan Nair |
| Vysakhan | M.K.Gopinathan Nair |
| Sinik | M.Vasudevan Nair |
| Vyloppilli | Sreedhara Menon |
| Sumangala | Leela Namboothiripadu |
| Pavanan | P.V Narayanan Nair |
| Nandanar | P.C Gopalan |
| Premji | M.P Bhattathiripad |
| O.N.V | O.N Velukurup |
| G | G.Sankarakurup |
| Thikodiyan | Kunjanandan Nair |
| Sanjayan | Manikkoth Ramunni Nair |
| N N Kakkad | K.Narayanan Namboothiri |
| Cherukad | C.Govindapisharody |
| Uroob | P.C.Kuttikrishnan |
| Akkitham | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri |
| Kovilan | V.V.Ayyappan |
| Anand | P.Sachidanandan |
| P | P.Kunhiiraman Nair |
| E.M.S | E.M Sankaran Namboothiripadu |
| S.K | S.K Pottakkadu |
| N.V | N.V.Krishna Warrier |
| C.V | C.V Ramanpillai |
| Thulasivanam | R.Ramachandran Nair |
| Idassery | Idassery Govindan Nair |
| Vilasini | M.K Menon |
| Asha Menon | Sreekumar |
| E.V | E.V Krishnanpillai |
| Sumangala | Leela Namboothiripadu |
| Ayyaneth.P | A.V Pathrose |
| Nalankal | Krishna Pillai |
| Mali | Mali Madhavan Nair |
| Pamman | R. Parameswara Menon |
| Omchery | N. Narayana Pillai |
| Batton bose | K.M Chacko |