Vaisakhan

Vaisakhan
Born	M.K. Gopinathan Nair 27 June 1940 (1940-06-27) (age 84) Muvattupuzha, India
Language	Malayalam
Alma mater	Maharaja's College, Ernakulam Nirmala College St. Albert's College
Genre	Short stories, screenplays

M.K. Gopinathan Nair, popularly known as Vaisakhan, is an Indian short story writer, playwright, and screenwriter. Till 2022, he was the President of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.^[1] Recently he has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of Tirur Thunchan Smaraka Trust replacing Late M.T.Vasudevan Nair, who was the Chairman of the Trust for the last 32 years. . His stories are known for their simplicity in style and freshness in theme. Many of his stories feature the Indian Railways as the backdrop.