Life
| 1930 | : Born in Kavalam in Kuttanad, Kerala as the fourth child of E.Narayanan Namboothiri and M.Meenakshmi Amma. |
| 1942 | : Death of his mother |
| 1945 | : Wrote his first poem Paneneerppovu |
| 1946-48 | : Intermediate at Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala. |
| 1946: | : Addressed a public meeting for the first time, against the atrocities of Sir.C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore, at Town Hall, Kozhikode. |
| 1947: | : Paneneerppovu, National Publishing Bureau, Kozhikode. |
| 1951 | : B.A (Honours), University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. |
| 1951-52 | : Lecturer in English, C.M.S College, Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 1951-57 | : Kurukshetram (Poem) |
| 1952 | : Lecturer in English, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram. |
| 1952-65 | : Lecturer in English, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. |
| 1959 | : M.A English Literature, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram. |
| 1961 | : Married M.R. Sreeparvathi. |
| 1965-74 | : Lecturer in Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| 1966 | : Obtained Certificate from Central Institute of English (CIEFL), Hyderabad |
| 1967 | : Mruthyupooja (Poem) |
| 1968 | : Kudumba Puranam (Poem) |
| 1968 | : Launches the Poetry Quarterly, Kerala Kavitha. |
| 1969 | : Pakalukal Rathrikal (Poem) |
| 1969 | : Fulbright Fellowship, USA |
| 1969-70 | : Passage To America (Poem) |
| 1971 | : AM and PhD Degrees from Indiana University, U.S.A |
| 1973 | : Reader in The Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. |
| 1973-75 | : Maharaja Kathakal (Poems) |
| 1974 | : Ayyappa Panikerude Krithikal, Vol.I (1951-69), Navadhara, Thiruvananthapuram. |
| 1974 -1980 | : Reader at Institute of English. |
| 1975 | : Represented India in the International Poetry Festival held in Yugoslavia |
| 1975 | : Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry.(Ayyappa Panikerude Krithikal, (1969-81) |
| 1976-77 | : Cartoon Kavithakal (Poems) |
| 1980 | : Gopikadandakam |
| 1980-90 | : Dean Faculty of Arts, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 1981-82 | : Post Doctoral Research in Yale University (Five Months) and Harvard University (Four Months). During this time he visited around 25 Universities in the U.S and became acquainted with internationally renowned poets like James Dicky, John Hollander, Czeslaw Milosz and Allen Ginsberg as well as scholars like Cleanth Brooks, Harold Bloom, Charles Feidelson Jr, Frederic Jameson and others. |
| 1981 | : Ayyappa Panikerude Cartoon Kavithakalum Maharaja Kathakalum, Samkramanam, Trivandrum. |
| 1982 | : Ayyappa Panikerude Krithikal (1969-81), Vol.II, DC Books, Kottayam, Kerala |
| 1983 | : Ezhu Kavithakal; Padanangalum, DC Books, Kottayam |
| 1984 | : Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Criticism. |
| 1984 | : Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |
| 1984-85 | : Selected as National Lecturer by U.G.C : Gave lectures at Gorakhpur, Kolhapur, Karnataka and Bangalore Universities. : Also served as Visiting Fellow at Universities like Kashmir and Jadavpur. |
| 1985- 89 | : Gothrayanam (Poem) |
| 1986 | : Participated in Festivals of India held in France and in America. |
| 1989 | : Ayyappa Panikerude Krithikal (1981-89), Vol.III, Dc Books, Kottayam, Kerala : Gothrayanam, Chitravedi, Thiruvananthapuram : Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Bhilwara Award for Poetry (Ayyappa Panikerude Krithikal, Vol II) |
| 1990 Sep 30 | : Retired as Professor and Head of the Institute of English, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. : Ayyappa Panikerude Lekhanangal (1980-90), Vol.II, DC Books, Kottayam : Ayyappa Panikerude Terenjedutha Kavithakal, S.P.C.S, Kottayam |
| 1991 | : Pookkathirikkanenikkavathille (Poem) |
| 1990-94 | : Chief Editor, Medieval Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi |
| 1996 | : President, All India English Teachers Conference |
| 1996-97 | : Kabir Samman (Madhya Pradesh) |
| 1997 | : International Man of the Year (IBC, Cambridge, UK) : Gandhi Memorial Fellowship : Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship |
| 1998 | : Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Indian Literature (Rev.Ed), Sahitya Akademi. : Gangadhar Meher National Award for Poetry (Orissa) |
| 1999 | : Pookkathirikkan Enikkavatille, Bala Sahitya Institute, Trivandrum : Anchu Kavithakal, Kozhikode U.P, Kozhikode |
| 2000 | : Therenjedutha Kavithakal, Ed.Abraham, Megha, Chalakkudi |
| 2001 | : Days and Nights. National Educational Research Centre (NERC), Thiruvananthapuram : Cartoon Kavithakal, H & C, Thrissur. |
| 2002 | : I Can’t Help Blossoming, Current Books, Kottayam : Vayalar Award |
| 2003 | : Elected to the Honarary Membership of the prestigious Modern Language Association of America |
| 2004 | : Pathumanipookkal : Current Books, Thrissur : Vallathoal Award for Poetry : Padmashree |
| 2006 | : Pakalukal Rathrikal, Mathrubhumi Books, Kozhikode Aug 23, 2006 : Saraswathi Samman |
| 2006 | : Passes away after a prolonged lung disease |