Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

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Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-1948) was a writer of Malayalam poetry.He is from Kerala,India. He is most famous for his pastoral elegy Ramanan, written in 1936, which sold over 100,000 copies. [1] It is a play writtern in the form of verse.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.

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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."

More poems...

http://rakeshrk.tripod.com/poems/changampuzha.html

here's the link to hear "Kanakchilanka" by Changampuzha..

http://www.archive.org/details/audio_poetry_21_2006

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[edit] Published works

• Ramanan (1936)
• Vaazhakkula (1937)
• Divyageetham (1945)
• Devageetha (1945)
• Bashpanjali
• Spandikkunna Asthimaadam
• Kalithozhi
• Rekthapushpangal
• Madirolsavam
• Padunna Pisachu

[edit] External links

• http://www.cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/changampuzha.html