Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai One Great Poet Of Malayalam (Malayalam: ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള; 10 October 1911 – 17 June 1948) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known for his elegy Ramanan (Malayalam: രമണന്‍) 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. It is also adapted into a movie in 1967. He is credited with bringing poetry to the masses with his simple romantic style. He died of tuberculosis aged 36. His style influenced the next few generations of Malayalam poetry, notable among them was Vayalar Ramavarma, famous Malayalam lyricist.

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
Native name
ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള
Born(1911-10-10)10 October 1911
Edappally, Kingdom of Cochin
Died17 June 1948(1948-06-17) (aged 36)
Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin
Resting placeEdappally, Kochi
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageMalayalam
Alma materMaharaja's College, Ernakulam
Period1931–1948
GenreRomantic
Notable worksRamanan
SpouseSreedevi Amma
ChildrenSreekumar, Ajitha, Jayadev, Lalitha

His famous works are ramanan

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