Kambisseri Karunakaran

Sri. P. N. Karunakaran, popularly known as Kambisseri Karunakaran (31 March 1922 – 27 July 1977) was an Indian journalist writing in Malayalam language. He was the chief editor of Janayugam Daily, Balayugam (Children's monthly), the novel Pathippu (Monthly novel issue), Cine Rama (Fortnightly movie magazine), and Janayugam Varika (Weekly),[1] a group of publications in Malayalam language, owned by the Communist Party of India. Beside being a journalist he was a politician, orator, actor,[2] satirist[3] and rationalist.

Many times he was a member of the State film awards committee.

He died aged 55 around 4.30 P.M. on 27 July 1977 at the pay ward of the Medical College Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Kerala state. According to his wishes, his burial was conducted without social niceties and religious ceremonies within 6 hours of his death, at his ancestral house "Kambisseril" at Vallikunnam in Alleppey district. The junction near the house is named in his honour as "Kambisseri Mukku" (Kambisseri Junction). A higher secondary school in Vallikunnam is also named after him.