
Krishnan Nair is best known as the critic who, after Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, introduced world literature to Malayali reader and his weekly column Sahithya Vaaraphalam, ran for 35 years. Krishna Nairude Prabhandangal and Prathibhayude Jwalagni. He also published several books, such as 'Adhunika Malayala Kavitha, M. Brothers, was the compilation of the articles he wrote in Kaumudi during his days at the Government Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram. His first book, Adunika Malayala Kavitha (Modern Malayalam Poetry), published by P. Kunhiraman, a social reformer and journalist who would later found Kerala Kaumudi. His first published work was an article tilted Vimarshanam (Criticism) which appeared in Navajeevan weekly run by C. He was also made to write commentaries on the books he was made to read. Krishnan Nair was known to have been introduced into the world of literature by his father by reading the works of Kunchan Nambiar to him when he was a boy. A truly talented writer cannot be made or marred by criticism, Krishnan Nair's reply on being asked "why was his criticism so sharp and harsh". True talent, a true genius does not depend on encouragement. I believe bad literature is a crime against society. Nair, a hospitable person to those who knew him, died on February 23, 2006, at the age of 82, at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, succumbing to cardiac failure following pneumonia. Later, he served the Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram and Victoria College, Palakkad before moving to Maharaja's College, Ernakulam where he served as the head of the department of Malayalam and retired from academic service in 1978 holding the position of a first grade professor. He resigned from government service in 1950 to join the Government Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram as a lecturer and was transferred to his alma mater, the University College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1969.

The University College, Thiruvananthapuram in 1945, he joined the government service to serve as a clerk at the Kerala Government Secretariat for the next five years. He had his school education at Travancore and after graduating with honours from

Krishnan Nair was born in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the south Indian state of Kerala on Mato V.
