Edappally Raghavan Pillai
Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was a Malayalam poet who was closely associated with Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.[1] They are considered as Shelley and Keats of Malayalm poetry.[2]
Pillai has been compared by Kesari Balakrishna Pillai to Giacomo Leopardi of Italy.[3]
Raghavan Pillai's best poem is perhaps Maninadam (The sound of the bells) which he wrote a short while before committing suicide by hanging himself from a tree.[4] The farewell song opens by:
മണിമുഴക്കം! മരണദിനത്തിന്റെ |
The bell tolls; It is the sweet knell |
It is believed that the famous pastoral play Ramanan by Changampuzha is an elegy based on the life and death of his friend Raghavan Pillai.[1]
Selected works
- Thushara Haaram (1935)
- Nava Saurabham (1936)
- Hridhaya Smitham (1936)
- Maninaadham (1944)
- Edappally Raghavan Pillayude Krithikal
References
- ^ a b George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sāhitya Akādemī. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
- ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (1995). A History of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
- ^ Poetry – The Second Generation of Romantics
- ^ K. Satchidanandan – Gestures: An Anthology of South Asian Poetry
Further reading
- S. Guptannāyar, Changampuzha, Sahitya Akademi (2001). ISBN 81-260-1292-7, ISBN 978-81-260-1292-3
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