Ezhacheri Ramachandran is a Malayalam poet, lyricist, and journalist born in 1944 in Kottayam, Kerala. He served as chief editor of Deshabhimani weekly and has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2008) and the Vayalar Award (2020), among other honours. His book വെർജീനിയൻ ദിനങ്ങൾ (Virginian Dinangal), published by the State Institute of Languages, Kerala, draws on his experiences and observations during days spent in Virginia.