Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
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Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-1948) was a writer of Malayalam poetry. He was from Kerala, India. He is most famous for his pastoral elegy Ramanan, written in 1936, which sold over 100,000 copies. [1]
Changampuzha is popular in Malayalam. Ramanan, written in the romantic tradition, remains a best seller. It is a long romantic poem based on the life of Changampuzha's friend Edappally Ragahavan Pillai.
Changampuzha attended the Government Upper Primary School at Edappally.
One of his famous Quotes is as follows:
My biggest failure,
is having a honest heart,
in this faulty world.
[edit] Published works
- Ramanan (1936)
- Vaazhakkula (1937)
- Divyageetham (1945)
- Devageetha (1945)
- Bashpanjali
- Spandikkunna Asthimaadam
- Kalithozhi
- Rekthapushpangal
- Madirolsavam
- Padunna Pisachu