Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian poet
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Place of Birth: Edappally, Kerala, India
About Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
- Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (Malayalam: ????????? ??????????) (10 October 1911 – 17 June 1948) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known for his romantic elegy Ramanan (Malayalam: ??????) which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies.
- It is a long pastoral elegy, a play written in the form of verse, allegedly based on the life of Changampuzha's friend Edappally Raghavan Pillai.
- This has also been converted into a movie in 1967.
- He is credited with bringing poetry to the masses with his simple romantic style.
- He died of tuberculosis at a young age of 37.
- His style influenced the next few generations of Malayalam poetry, notable among them was Vayalar Ramavarma, famous Malayalam lyricist. A movie based on the life history of Changampuzha is in the planning stage.
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