Edappally Raghavan Pillai

Edappally Raghavan Pillai
Born(1909-05-30)30 May 1909
Edapally, Kingdom of Cochin, British India
Died4 July 1936(1936-07-04) (aged 27)
Kollam, Kerala, India
OccupationPoet, writer
NationalityIndian
Notable works
  • Maninadam
  • Thushara Haram
  • Hrudaya Smitham
Relatives
  • Pavathu Neelakanda Pillai (father)
  • Kalyani Amma (mother)

Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a close associate of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.[1] The pair, the front-runners of romanticism in Malayalam, was considered by many as the Shelley and Keats combination of Malayalam poetry. Kesari Balakrishna Pillai compared Pillai to the Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi.

  1. ^ George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sāhitya Akādemī. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.