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{{short description|Indian writer and academic}}
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'''V. Anil Kumar'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Governing Body|url=https://www.kshec.kerala.gov.in/index.php/governing-body4}}</ref> (born 1 June 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curriculum vitae of Dr Anil Vallathol|url=http://malayalamuniversity.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CV-of-Anil-Vallathol-Vice-chancellor.pdf}}</ref> popularly known as '''Anil Vallathol''' is a [[Malayalam language]] writer and academic from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Anil hails from the family of the poet [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]].<ref name="Deshabhimani">{{cite news |title=ഭാഷാപിതാവിന്റെ സ്മാരക തലപ്പത്തേക്ക് കാവ്യാചാര്യന്റെ കുടുംബാംഗം|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-malappuramkerala-28-02-2018/708830 |work=Deshabhimani |language=ml}}</ref>

==Biography==
Anil Vallathol is the son of the Vallathol Shanthakumari and Chandrasekharan Nair.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> After completing his primary education at Vallathol School, he done his higher studies from Thiroorangady PSMO and Kozhikode Govt Arts and Science College.<ref name="Mad">{{cite news |last1=ഡെസ്ക് |first1=വെബ് |title=പരഫ. അനിൽ വളളത്തോൾ മലയാള സർവകലാശാല വൈസ് ചാൻസലർ |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/anil-vallathol-appointed-malayala-university-vc-kerala-news/2018/feb/28/437049 |work=www.madhyamam.com |date=28 February 2018 |language=ml}}</ref>

After passing master's degree with first rank from the [[University of Calicut]] in 1986, he became a Malayalam lecturer at Taliparamba Sir Syed College in 1987 and at Kalady Sanskrit University in 1995.<ref name="ManoramaOnline">{{cite news |title=അനിൽ വളളത്തോൾ മലയാളം വാഴ്സിററി വിസി |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/announcements/2018/02/28/anil-vallathol-malayalam-university-vc.html |work=ManoramaOnline}}</ref><ref name="Deshabhimani"/> He has been a lecturer at Calicut University since 2006 and became a professor in 2007.<ref name="MU">{{cite web |title=ഡോ.അനിൽ വളളത്തോൾ മലയാള സർവകലാശാല പുതിയ വൈസ് ചാൻസലർ |url=http://malayalamuniversity.edu.in/ml/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B-%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BD-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3-%E0%B4%B8/ |website=malayalamuniversity.edu.in |language=ml-IN}}</ref> Under the guidance of Prof. [[Chathanath Achuthanunni]] he done his Ph.D. in Vallathol poems From the University of Calicut.<ref name="Mad"/> He became the Vice Chancellor of the [[Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University|Malayalam University]] in 2018.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>

He has been a member of the Malayalam Language Advisory Committee of the [[Sahitya Akademi]]. He is a member of the Board of Studies of various Universities in India.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> He has published about fifteen books and seventy research papers.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> During the period from 2012 to 2017, he won a scholarship of 41 lakh in Literary Historiography in Malayalam under the leadership of UGC.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> Anil Vallathol's books have been included in the graduate syllabus of Calicut and [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|MG]] Universities.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> He is associated with progressive movements and is in charge of several cultural institutions.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/>

==Family==
His wife Sushma is a teacher.<ref name="MU"/> His elder son Manjunath is a Dermatologist and his second son Niranjan is a MEd student.<ref name="MU"/>

==Literary contributions==
*{{Cite book|title=Kuttippurathu kesavan nair|publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2012|isbn=9788176902014|type=Biography}}
*{{Cite book|title=Malayalavimarsam - 19: veenapoove padanangal|publisher=[[University of Calicut]]|year=2007|editor-last=Vallathol|editor-first=Anil|type=Malayalam Poetry Criticism}}
*{{Cite book|title=Manipraval kavyamalika|publisher=The State Institute of Languages|year=2013|isbn=9788176385299|type=Malayalam Poetry Study}}
*{{Cite book|title=Vallatholinte Sanchara Pathangal|publisher=[[Kerala Bhasha Institute]]|year=2019|isbn=9788193745847|language=Malayalam}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/231416|title=Kavyabhasha Padanangal (Poetry Study)|publisher=Lipi Publications|year=2004|language=Malayalam}}
*{{Cite book|url=http://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=145695&query_desc=su%3A%22%20Literature%22%20and%20su-to%3ALiterature%20Malayalam%20and%20location%3ASTACKS%20and%20su-to%3ALiterature%20and%20su-to%3ALiterature|title=Vallathol Prathbha (Poetry Study)|publisher=Vallathol Vidyapeedam|year=2004|language=Malayalam}}
*{{Cite book|url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/84825|title=Vallatholinte Kavyasailli (Poetry Study)|publisher=Vallathol Vidyapeedam|year=1997|language=Malayalam}}
*{{Cite book|title=T. N. Gopinathan Nair (biography)|publisher=University of Kerala Department of Publications|date=2016|isbn=978-81-932971-4-8|oclc=1080249561}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Acyutanunni|first1=Chathanath|title=Basheerum Samakalika Malayala Sahithyavum|last2=Vallathol|first2=Anil|publisher=University of Calicut, Vaikom Muhammed Basheer Chair|date=2011|oclc=904715908}}

==Awards and honors==
He received the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] Award for Best Documentary, Moorkoth Kumaran Endowment Award, Sreemad Bhagavad Tatwa Sameeksha Award, P.K. Smaraka Trust Award, Pillaras of Secularism Award by MES group, Korot Lakshmikutty Amma Puraskaram and Chanakya Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benjamin Bailey Foundation |url=http://benjaminbaileyfoundation.org/prof_anil_vallathol.html |website=benjaminbaileyfoundation.org}}</ref> His work ''Ezhuthachan Enna Padapusthakam'' received the 2019 [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]] in scholarly literature category.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/pravasi/abu-dhabi-sakthi-award/944107 |title=അബുദാബി ശക്തി തായാട്ട് അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; ടി പദ്മനാഭന് ടി കെ രാമകൃഷ്ണന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം |newspaper=Deshabhimani |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=3 January 2023 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]]

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