D. Vijayamohan

• Name — D. Vijayamohan • Born — 28 February 1955 • Birthplace — Nedumangadu, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India • Died — 15 December 2020 • Place of death — New Delhi, India • Education — * Mar Ivanios College • University College Thiruvananthapuram • Occupation — Journalist, writer • Employer — Malayala Manorama • Notable Works — * Chentharkazhal • A. Ramachandrante Varamozhikal • Ee Lokam, Athiloru Mukundan • Humour in Parliament • Swami Ranganathananda • Spouse — S. Jayashree • Children — One son • Awards — * 1986 Kerala Press Academy V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award • 1987 Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram M. Sivaram Award • 1995 Malayala Manorama Chief Editor's Gold Medal • 2004 Government of Kerala Developmental Journalism Award • 2005 Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Award • 2007 P. K. Parameshwaran Nair Award

D. Vijayamohan was born on 28 February 1955 at Karingayil Karakkattukonathu house in Nedumangad, in Thiruvananthapuram district of the south Indian state of Kerala to P. K. Damodaran Nair and S. Maheswari Amma. After completing his schooling at Kairalee Nikethan School, Bengaluru and Government High School, Nedumangad, he secured a bachelor's degree in economics from Mar Ivanios College and followed it up with a master's degree from the University College Thiruvananthapuram. Subsequently, he joined Malayala Manorama in 1978 and worked at their Kozhikode, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram bureaus before moving to the Indian capital in 1985 to join the New Delhi bureau of the newspaper. It was during this time, he obtained a Harry Brittain fellowship of the Commonwealth Press Union and completed higher studies in journalism in the UK. He was associated with Malayala Manorama ever since. Vijayamohan was the founder president of the New Delhi unit of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists. He also served as a member of the Press Advisory Council of the Lok Sabha and sat in the Central Board of Film Certification. He has written a number of books, starting with Chentharkazhal, an anthology of poems. A. Ramachandrante Varamozhikal, a book on the life and works of the noted painter, A. Ramachandran, Ee Lokam, Athiloru Mukundan, Humour in Parliament, and Swami Ranganathananda, a biography of the Swami Ranganathananda, are his other works. During the COVID pandemic, Vijayamohan contracted the disease and was hospitalized at St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi and it was here, he died on 15 December 2020, at the age of 65, due to post-Covid complications. He was survived by his wife, S. Jayashree, son, V. M. Vishnu, an advocate and Neenu, his daughter-in-law.