Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Comprehensive information about poet Changampuzha Krishna Pillai including poetry, biographical information, quotes, literary works, and more. Changampuzha Krishna Pillai was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known almost exclusively for his romantic elegy Ramanan (Malayalam ) which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies. It is a play written in the form of verse. It is a long pastoral elegy 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 36. His style influenced the next few generations of Malayalam poetry. This educational Changampuzha Krishna Pillai resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.