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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = M. N. Vijayan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|6|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Lokamaleshwaram, [[British Raj]] <br />
| death_date = {{Deathdate and age|2007|10|3|1930|6|8|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| othername =<br />
| occupation = {{Ublist|Writer|Orator}}<br />
| alma mater = {{ublist|Government Boys High School [[Kodungallur]]|[[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]|[[Government Law College, Ernakulam]]}}<br />
| spouse = Sharada<br />
| years_active = 1952–2007 <br />
| domesticpartner =<br />
| children = 3<br />
| parents = {{ublist|Pathiyasseril Narayana Menon (father)|Mooliyil Kochammu Amma (mother)}}<br />
| website = <br />
| awards = 1982&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Indian name|Vijayan|Moolayil Narayana Menon}}'''Moolayil Narayana Vijayan''', popularly known as '''Vijayan Mash''' (8 June 1930 – 3 October 2007) was an Indian academic, orator, columnist and writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. Known for his leftist ideals and oratorical skills, Vijayan was the president of the [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]] (Progressive Association for Art and Letters) and served as the editor of [[Deshabhimani]]. He published a number of books of which ''Chithayile Velicham'' (The Light in the Pyre) received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]] in 1982.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Government Boys High School Kodungallur.jpg|thumb|235px|Government Boys High School, Kodungallur, Vijayan's alma mater]]<br />
M. N. Vijayan was born on 8 June 1930 to Pathiyasseril Narayana Menon and Mooliyil Kochammu Amma at Lokamaleshwaram, a small village near [[Kodungallur]] in [[Thrissur district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="MN Vijayan - festschrift">{{Cite web |url=http://archives.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mnvijayan/ |title=MN Vijayan - festschrift |date=5 February 2019 |website=archives.mathrubhumi.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> Vijayan got his family name, ''Mooliyil'', through [[matrilineal succession]].<br />
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Vijayan's schooling was at Pathinettarayalam Lower Primary School and Government Boys High School [[Kodungallur]] after which he did his graduate and post-graduate studies at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] to earn a master's degree in Malayalam literature from the [[University of Madras]]. He also studied law at the [[Government Law College, Ernakulam]] and was associated with the [[Students Federation of India]] during his college days.<ref name="Writer M.N. Vijayan dies at press meet">{{Cite web |url=http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/000200710031846.htm |title=Writer M.N. Vijayan dies at press meet |date=11 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011155311/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/000200710031846.htm |access-date=5 February 2019|url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 October 2007 }}</ref> He started his career in 1952 as a lecturer at [[The New College, Chennai]] and later moved to [[University College, Thiruvananthapuram]], but his stay at Thiruvananthapuram was short.<ref name="M.N. Vijayan : The Scholar Who Knew Too Much - Mainstream Weekly">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article386.html |title=M.N. Vijayan : The Scholar Who Knew Too Much - Mainstream Weekly |website=www.mainstreamweekly.net |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> In 1960, he joined [[Brennen College]], [[Thalassery]] as a member of faculty at its department of Malayalam and served the institution until he retired from service in 1985.<ref name="M. N. Vijayan - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/m._n._vijayan-profile-3482-25.htm |title=M. N. Vijayan - Veethi profile |date=5 February 2019 |website=veethi.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Political and journalism career ==<br />
From 1960 to 1999 M. N. Vijayan stayed at Dharmadam, Thalassery. Vijayan worked as the editor of the cultural weekly ''[[Deshabhimani]]'' owned by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)). He was President of [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]] (Progressive Association for Art and Letters) and [[Adhinivesha Prathirodha Samithi]] (Council for Resisting Imperialist Globalisation), a leftist think-tank based in [[Kerala]] which collaborated with the CPI(M).<br />
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He was removed as editor of Deshabhimani when leaders of the provincial Communist Party felt he did not adhere to the party line. He opposed the policy of some state level leaders and other leftist intellectuals to accept foreign funding of political work.<ref name="The Hindu : Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/26/stories/2003122605170400.htm |title=Mixed response to Kerala Social Forum |access-date=5 February 2019|date=26 December 2003 |last1=Ramavarman |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=T. }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also for a time the editor of the controversial periodical ''[[Padom]]'', notably criticising a Kerala state government program called People's Campaign for Decentralised Planning ([[People's Plan]]) and its creator [[Thomas Isaac]].<ref name="The Hindu : Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021604030400.htm |title=Padhom is the winner in CPI(M) row |access-date=5 February 2019|date=16 February 2004 |last1=Nair |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1=C. Gouridasan }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Vijayan and [[Professor Sudheesh]]'s articles in ''Padom'' against the "people's plan", a program aimed at decentralisation of power, became a controversial issue. Later a Kerala court ruled that the allegations of foreign funding of the [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] (KSSP) had been proven by Sudheesh and Vijayan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mathrubhumi.com/php/showNews.php?news_category_id=3&Farc= |title=Mathrubhumi |website=mathrubhumi.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009120933/http://mathrubhumi.com/php/showNews.php?news_category_id=3&Farc= |archive-date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Vijayan and Sudheesh had started ''Paatom'' in 2000, and started to attack CPI(M)'s social democratic stands and attitude towards World Bank and IMF.<ref name="Intra-Party Differences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/1900.pdf |title=Intra-Party Differences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155539/http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/1900.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=26 August 2007}}</ref> He resigned from Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham as a result of a disagreement with [[M. A. Baby]], then in charge of the CPI(M).<br />
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The cultural programme [[Manaveeyam]] of CPI(M)-led [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] government of [[Kerala]] was criticised for the extravagance of the programmes and the elitist audience to which the ps catered, and also for the fact that the "people's art and culture" gave way to [[bourgeois]] concepts under the influence of [[neoliberalism]]. Vijayan also led an ideological debate against [[social democratic]] deviations. When the leader of [[Kerala Shastra Sahitya Parishad]] (a pro-[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] Science forum) [[M. P. Parameswaran]] went ahead with his "theory of the fourth world" campaign, it was alleged that a theory that had been opposed by the late ideologue of the party, [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], was now being resurrected after his death. Vijayan and his followers resisted [[P. Govinda Pillai]]'s controversial critical remarks against [[A. K. Gopalan]], Namboodiripad and others on ideological grounds. Though, initially, CPI(M) leadership was forced to expel Parameswaran<ref name="The Hindu : CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021602610700.htm |title=CPI(M) expels M.P. Parameswaran |access-date=5 February 2019|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 February 2004 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Depromote Pillai from the state committee because of the high reputation that Vijayan enjoyed among the party supporters, writers and the literate, later the [[social democracy|social democratic]] group got control over the CPI(M) organisation.<ref name="Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/comrades-at-each-other-s-neck-vicious-infighting-over-lucrative-businesses-bleeds-kerala-cpm/cid/860746 |title=Comrades at each other's neck - Vicious infighting over lucrative businesses bleeds Kerala CPM |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="DEBATING ON THE FUTURE">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/debating-on-the-future/cid/1025012 |title=DEBATING ON THE FUTURE |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> There were similar attacks against other left-leaning intellectuals like [[B. Ekbal|Dr. B. Ekbal]] (leading to Ekbal's expulsion from CPI(M)) who were trying to re-examine the direction of left-wing politics in Kerala.<br />
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Vijayan did not attend many public meetings during his last years as a result of his ill health, but continued to write weekly columns in ''[[Samakalina Malayalam]]'', an [[Indian Express]] group of publications, ''[[Janashakthi]]'' and ''[[Maruvakku]]''. The column was originally published weekly in ''[[Deshabhimani]]'' until he parted ways with the paper. He was also the editor of the monthly ''[[Maruvaakku]]''.<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
Most of Vijayan's publications are compilations of his speeches and He was considered to be a powerful orator.<ref name="The Hindu : Life Kochi : Capturing a quest into essence of reality">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lf/2005/01/21/stories/2005012100200200.htm |title=Life Kochi : Capturing a quest into essence of reality |date=21 January 2005 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=5 February 2019}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Writer M.N. Vijayan dies at press meet"/> He used [[psychology]], [[Marxism]] and [[social science]] as tools to analyse life and literature. Some prominent writers, including [[M. Krishnan Nair (author)|M. Krishnan Nair]] and [[Thinakkal Padmanabhan]], have said that Vijayan's writings are difficult to understand, as he does not follow conventional grammatical structures. [[V. C. Sreejan]] criticizes Vijayan's style, arguing that it is densely figurative, hence vague and often meaningless. Vijayan was a pioneer of the use of psychological criticism in Malayalam literature, and influenced contemporary Kerala culture.<ref name="In M N Vijayan's death, the real teacher has gone">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2007/oct/08vijayan.htm |title=In M N Vijayan's death, the real teacher has gone |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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Vijayan's works were nominated on several occasions for literary awards, but in keeping with a general aversion to institutionalism, he rejected any state-sponsored awards that he won.<ref name="Writer M.N. Vijayan dies at press meet" /><br />
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=== List of published works ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78592 |title=Bhayavum Abhayavum |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2002 |publisher=Chintha Publishers |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Chithayile Velicham |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=1981 |asin=B007E4WEQI}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Varnagalude Sangeetham |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=H & C Books |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Fascisathinte Manashasthram |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=1999 |publisher=Chintha Publishers |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Marubhoomikal Pookumbol |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-8122608281|id={{ASIN|8122608280|country=in}} }}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Chumaril Chithramezhuthumbol |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Green Books |year=2012 |isbn=979-8188582722}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Vyloppilli |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2013 |isbn=9788182655508}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/basheer-essays-m-n-vijayan?author_id= |title=Basheer |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2015}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Adhikaram, Anuragam, Athmarahasyangal |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2002 |publisher=Chinta Publishers |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Fascism: Prathyaya Shasthram, Prayogam, Pradhirodham |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2003 |publisher=Chintha |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Changampuzha |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2018 |isbn=9788182676138}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=M.N.Vijayan Sampoorna Krithikal |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-8122608502 }}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Manushyar Parkkunna Lokangal |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=8182642167 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kaleidoscope:: M. N. Vijayante Ormmakkurippukal |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2006 |publisher=Nishagandhi Publications |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kazhchappadu |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2001 |publisher=Chinta Publishers |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kesariyude Charithra Gaveshanangal (3 volumes) |last=M. N. Vijayan |date=2010 |publisher=State Institute of Languages, Kerala |edition=1 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Marar Vimarsham |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2011 |publisher=School Of Marxian Cultural Studies |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Olichu Kadathiya Ayudhangal |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2006 |publisher=Kairali Books |edition=1 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=M. R. B.: Jeevitham, Dharshanam, Kruthikal |last=Vijayan M.N. |date=2004 |publisher=Current Books Thrissur |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kalapathinte Utharangal |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2004 |publisher=Fabian Books |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Adhiniveshathinte Adiyozhukkukal |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2003 |publisher=Left View, Calicut |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kavithayude Nottandu (2 volumes) |last1=None |last2=Vijayan. m.n |date=2001 |publisher=National Book Stall |edition=0 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kathayude Nottandu (2 volumes) |last1=Nil |last2=Vijayan. m.n |date=2008 |publisher=Sahithya Pravathaka Sahakarana |edition=1 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Puraykkumel Chanja Maram |last=Vijayan. M. N |date=2005 |publisher=Chinta Publishers |edition=1 |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=82687&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520%2522Vijayan%2520M.%2520N.%2522 |title=Varnangalude sangeetham |last=Vijayan |first=M. N. |date=1992 |publisher=[[Mulberry Publications|Mulberry]] |location=Kozhikode}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/doorakazhchakal-interviews-azeez-tharuvana?author_id=&page=2 |title=Doorakazhchakal (Interviews) |last=M. N. Vijayan |publisher=New Books |year=2012}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/sambhashanangal-m-n-vijayan-interview-mangad-rathnakaran?author_id=&page=2 |title=Sambhashanangal: Interviews |last=M N Vijayan |publisher=Olive Books |year=2010}}<br />
* ''Pradhirodhangal പ്രതിരോധങ്ങൾ'' (Resistances)<br />
* ''Kavithayum Manashastravum കവിതയും മനശാസ്ത്രവും'' (Poetry And Psychology)<br />
* ''Sheersasanam ശീർഷാസനം'' (Standing Upside Down)<br />
* ''Vaakkum Manassum'' (The Speech and The Thought)<br />
* ''Puthiya Varthamanangal'' (Latest News)<br />
* ''Noothana Lokangal നൂതന ലോകങ്ങൾ'' (New Worlds)<br />
* ''M.N. Vijayante Prabhashanangal എം.എൻ. വിജയന്റെ പ്രഭാഷണങ്ങൾ'' (M.N. Vijayan's Speeches)<br />
* ''Samskaravum Swathanthriavum സംസ്കാരവും സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യവും'' (The Culture and the Freedom)<br />
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== Intellectual mentor and counselor ==<br />
Though not a qualified medical practitioner, Vijayan worked for many years as a [[pro bono]] counsellor, using [[Freudian psychology|Freudian]] techniques. Many writers, intellectuals, journalists and political activists have described him as an intellectual mentor. The November 2007 issue of ''[[Samayam Masika]]'' was devoted to articles by a variety of public figures about Vijayan and his influence, both on them personally and upon others, including [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] (writer, film director, [[Jnanpith Award]] winner), [[N. Prabhakaran]] (writer, academic), [[Mohanan Cherukadu]] (writer), [[Appukkuttan Vallikkunnu]] (journalist), [[P Surendran|P. Surendran]] (writer), Dr. [[Abdul Azeez]] (Doctor), [[Kunhappa Pattanoor]] (poet), [[Umesh Babu K.C.]] (Poet and political activist), [[A. V. Pavitran]] (writer), [[Anil Kumar A. V.]] (journalist, political activist), [[Vatsalan Vatuseeri]] (writer), [[Prabhakaran Pazhassi]] (writer, Professor), [[Choorayi Chandran]] (Political activist, Educationalist), [[N. Shasidharan]] (writer).<ref>"Samayam Masika" Nov. 2007, Issue: 62</ref><br />
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His studies on Vailoppilli, a well known Malayalam poet, and especially the poems "Mampazham" and "Sahyante makan", using Freudian techniques attained wide acclaim.<ref>M.N. Vijayan, ''Seershasanam'', Tellicherry: Akam Samithi, 1989</ref> He was a staunch critic of communal organisations and he used a significant part of his oratory and writings to back Communist Party of India (Marx) in their ideological and material resistance against the invasion of fascist forces with venomous separatist aims in Tellicherry and Kerala. M.N.Vijayan, his wife and his residence at Dharmadam, Thalassey, provided a haven for people who faced psychological problems. With utmost affection Vijayan mash and his wife served them. He is the general editor of Nammute Sahityam Nammute Samooham (Our Society Our Literature), a four volume research book on literature and society of Kerala.<br />
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Vijayan became a mentor for many writers, leftist politicians and journalists. He was a critic of NGOs like [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] which polluted the sensibilities of Malayalees. Vijayan died while he was addressing a press conference in Thrissur, explaining how non- governmentally funded organisations like [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] function in Kerala, camouflaging their imperialist agenda by wearing a leftist mask. Parishath and its activities lost credibility when Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate dismissed the defamation case filed against [[Paatom]],<ref name="PAATOM">{{Cite web |url=https://mnvijayan-patom.blogspot.com/ |title=PAATOM |date=5 February 2019 |website=mnvijayan-patom.blogspot.com |language=en |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> a magazine which exposed the fishy trails of such organisations. "You are selling your credibility... It is hijacking democracy ...",<ref>''M.N.Vijayan Counter Discourses,'' compiled by S.Sudheesh. Kollam:M.N.Vijayan Samskarika Vedi, 2010</ref> Vijayan said about Parishath and its supporters in the last press conference. Thrissur Current Books and Akam Samithi Thalassey published the early works of M.N.Vijayan. Thrissur Current Books published the Complete Works of M.N. Vijayan in ten volumes under different titles, like literature, politics, culture, interviews, speeches, biography, memoirs, etc.<ref>M.N.Vijayan Sampoorna Krithikal (M.N.Vijayan, Complete Works), Gen.Ed. N.Prabhakaran. Thrissur: Current Books, 2009</ref> The first M.N.Vijayan library was inaugurated at Kannur. Govt. Brennen College Malayalam department has constituted the M.N.Vijayan endowment in 2010 for outstanding students of Malayalam literature.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Vijayan was married to Sharada and the couple had a son, V. S. Anilkumar, a writer and an academic working at [[Kannur University]] and two daughters, Sujatha Balachandran, a doctorate degree holder in agricultural science and Sunitha Rajagopal.<ref name="Remembering MN Vijayan">{{Cite web |title=Remembering MN Vijayan |url=http://malayalam.webdunia.com/current-affairs-in-malayalam/‘വിജയ‘സ്മൃതിക്ക്-ഇന്ന്-രണ്ട്-വര്ഷം-109100300020_1.htm |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=malayalam.webdunia.com}}</ref> He suffered a massive heart attack during a press conference at [[Thrissur Press Club]] on 3 October 2007 and though he was taken to [[Amala Institute of Medical Sciences]], he died the same day, at the age of 77.<ref name="പ്രൊഫസര് എം.എന് വിജയന് അന്തരിച്ചു">{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=3 October 2007 |title=പ്രൊഫസര് എം.എന് വിജയന് അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2007/10/03/kerala-mn-vijayan-obit.html |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="M.N. Vijayan mourned">{{Cite news |date=4 October 2007 |title=M.N. Vijayan mourned |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/mn-vijayan-mourned/article1922996.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref> His biography, written by K. Balakrishnan, was published by [[Kerala Bhasha Institute]] in 2015, on the 8th anniversary of Vijayan's death.<ref name="M.N. Vijayan’s biography released">{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=13 October 2015 |title=M.N. Vijayan's biography released |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/mn-vijayans-biography-released/article7755637.ece |access-date=5 February 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130621143838/http://www.mnvijayan.com/ Website in the name of Prof. M.N.Vijayan run by M N Vijyan Center for Study and Research, Thrichur, Kerala.]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144759/http://www.channels.com/episodes/show/6638577/Professor-M-N-Vijayan Speech by M.N.Vijayan]<br />
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