Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (Malayalam: ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള. 11 October 1911 - 17 June 1948) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known almost exclusively for his romantic elegy Ramanan (Malayalam: രമണന്‍) which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies. 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 ofChangampuzha's friend Edappally Ragahavan Pillai.

"Changampuzha Smaraka Grandhasala" (meaning Changampuzha Memorial Library) and the Changampuzha Park, are two institutions established as memorial for the great poet at his birth place Edappally.

Biography

Changampuzha attended the Government Upper Primary School at Edappally.

Published works

Poetry

• Ramanan (Malayalam: രമണന്‍, 1935).
• Vaazhakkula (Malayalam: വാഴക്കുല, 1937).
• Divyageetham (Malayalam: ദിവ്യഗീതം, 1945).
• Devageetha (Malayalam: ദേവഗീത, 1945).
• Bashpanjali (Malayalam: ബാഷ്പാഞ്ജലി).
• Spandikkunna Asthimaadam (Malayalam: സ്പന്ദിക്കുന്ന അസ്ഥിമാടം).
• Rekthapushpangal (Malayalam: രക്‌തപുഷ്പങ്ങ).
• Madirolsavam (Malayalam: മദിരോത്സവം).
• Padunna Pisachu (Malayalam: പാടുന്നപിശാച്‌).

Prose

• Kalithozhi (Malayalam:......
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