Kainikkara Kumara Pillai
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Died | 9 December 1988 | (aged 88)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, actor |
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Spouse | Bagheerathi Kunjamma |
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Kainikkara Kumara Pillai (1900–1988) was an Indian teacher, actor, short story writer, essayist and playwright of Malayalam literature, best known for his plays such as Harichandra, Mathruka Manushyan and Mohavum, Mukhtiyum. He was the younger brother of Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai, a noted author and thinker. An author of 18 books, Kumara Pillai was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama in 1970. The Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi inducted him as a distinguished fellow in 1975 followed by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 1986.
Biography
Kainikkara Kumara Pillai was born on 27 September 1900 at
Kumara Pillai was married to Bagheearthi Kunjamma. He died on 9 December 1988 at the age of 88.[1]
Legacy and honours
Kumara Pillai was one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam theatre[4] and was a part of the Progressive Writers'Association whose members included Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Joseph Mundassery and P. Kesavadev.[5] He started his literary career with Duranthasanka, an adaptation of
Selected works
Plays
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1955). Vichara veechikal. Kottayam: National Book Stall.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1938). Mohavum mukthiyum. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1969). Mathrukamanushyan. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1933). Harischandran. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1938). Manimangalam. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1946). Veshangal. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1951). Prema Parinamam. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1954). Agnipareeksha. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1956). NingalAriyum. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1968). Satyathinde Panthavu. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1968). Oulichukali. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
Essays
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1978). Natakeeyam. Kottayam: National Book Stall.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1984). Kainikkarayude prabandhangal. Kottayam: Little Prince Publications.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1984). Avismaraneeyar (in Malayalam). Kottayam, N B S.
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- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1952). Avismaraneeyar (in Malayalam). Thiruvananthapuram: Kamalalaya.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1970). Gandhi Vichara Veethikal. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
Short stories and novel
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1931). Durandashanga. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1934). Balahradayam. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.
- Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1959). Achane Konna Makan (in Malayalam). Kottayam, N B S.
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Translations
- Shakespeare, William (1967). Antoniyum Cleopatrayum. Translated by Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara. Kottayam: National Book Stall.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal". Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Kainikkara Kumara Pillai - Veethi profile". veethi.com. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum". Trivandrum.co.in. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ "Art forms of India". indiansaga.com. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7835-579-5.
- ^ "List of works". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ISBN 81-260-0413-4.
- ^ "Manyasree Viswamitran". IMDb. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Maanyashree Vishwaamithran (1974)". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-520-01725-2.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Drama, Fellowship List, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi". www.keralaculture.org. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
External links
- "Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- "Handwriting". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- K. M. George (1972). Western Influence on Malayalam Language and Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-81-260-0413-3.
- M K K Nayar (24 February 2014). Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will. DC Books. pp. 389–. ISBN 978-93-81699-33-1.
- Kainikkara Kumara Pillai at IMDb
- Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1084–. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0.