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M. T. Vasudevan Nair, popularly known as MT, is a renowned Malayalam author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born on July 15, 1933 in Kudallur, a small village in Palakkad district, in the Indian state of Kerala. He is one of the most prolific and versatile writer of modern Malayalam literature. His novels, short stories and screenplays speak of the pain and anguish of the Kerala society in the post independence India. He has won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times.

The essence of his work is self-suffering and its emotional intensity hold the readers captivated. The story of Kudallur village and Bharathapuzha are the most repeated and favourite theme. He explores the silences in life, in the folk tales of forgotten heroes and in the legends of warriors from epics forever retold. MT, as Vasudevan Nair is more popularly known, makes heroes out of villains and winners out of losers. The man who sourced stories in silences agrees that his tales will leave behind silences too. He was married twice.

MT was awarded the highest literary award in India, the Jnanpith in 1995. He is also the recipient of:

• State Sahithya Academy and Sahithya Academy
• National Award for Best Screenplay (five times)
• National Award and for Best Film & Actor (1973/Nirmalyam/PJ Anthony)
• Kerala State Award for Best Film & Screenplay (1978/Bandhanam)
• Kerala State Award for Best Film (1991/Kadavu)

MT's oeuvre consists of novels, short-stories, film scripts and non-fiction works on literary themes. The US Library of Congress has in its collection sixty-two books by M.T or on him. His close friendship with the giant of Malayalam literature, Vaikom Muhammed Basheer was well chronicled.

• Manju (Mist)
• Kalam (Time)
• Nalukettu (Ancestral House)
• Asuravithu (Seed of the Demon)
• Vilapayathra (The Funeral Procession)
• Pathiravum Pakalvelichavum (Midnight and Daylight)
• Arabipponnu (The Gold of Arabia, written with N.P. Muhammed)
• Randamoozham (Second Turn)
• Varanasi (Benares)

• Iruttinte Atmavu
• Olavum Theeravum
• Kuttyedathi
• Varikkuzhi
• Pathanam
• Bandhanam
• Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam
• Ninte
• Vanaprastham
• Dar-es-salam
• Raktham Puranda Mantharikal
• Veyilum Nilavum
• Kaliveedu
• Vedanayude Pookkal
• Sherlock

• Olavum Theeravum
• Murappennu
• Nagarame Nanni
• Asuravithu
• Pakalkkinavu
• Iruttinte Atmavu
• Kuttiyedathi
• Oppol
• Edavazhiyile Poocha Mindapoocha
• Evideyo Oru Shatru
• Ennu Swantham Janakikkuttikku (based on the short story Cheriya cheriya bhookampangal)
• Vellam
• Panchagni
• Nakhakshatangal
• Amritam Gamaya
• Aaroodam
• Allkottathil Thaniye
• Adiyozhukkukal
• Uyarangalil
• Rithubhedam
• Vaishaali
• Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
• Perunthachan
• Sukrutham
• Parinayam
• Teerthadanam (based on his story Vanaprastham)
• Aaranyakam

• Nirmalyam (Offerings, 1973)
• Mohini Attam (Documentary, 1977)
• Bandhanam (Bounding Ties, 1978)
• Manju (Mist, 1982)
• Varikuzhy (The Trap, 1982)
• Kadavu (Ferry, 1991)
• Oru Cheru Punchiri (A slender smile, 2000)
• Thakazhi (Documentary on Malayalam writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai)

• Download Malayalam Movies
• Cinema of Malayalam - MT Vasudevan Nair
• OPPOL (short story, English translation) - MT Vasudevan Nair - excerpt
• Biography of MT Vasudevan Nair from International Literature Festival, Berlin
• Hindu Online - A tribute to Pazhassi Raja
• all the books by MT Vasudevan Nair in Malayalam