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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Kainikkara Kumara Pillai</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1900-09-27</span>)</span>27 September 1900<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Perunna" title="Perunna">Perunna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a><sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 1988<span style="display:none">(1988-12-09)</span> (aged 88)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Playwright, actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>Harichandra</i></li><li><i>Mathruka Manushyan</i></li><li><i>Mohavum, Mukhtiyum</i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Bagheerathi Kunjamma</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kainikkara_Padmanabha_Pillai" title="Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai">Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1970 <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Drama" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama">Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama</a></li><li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship">Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship</a></li><li>1986 <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship</a></li><li>Puthezhan Award</li><li>Guruvayurappan Trust Award</li><li>SPCS Award</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kainikkara Kumara Pillai</b> (1900–1988) was an Indian teacher, actor, short story writer, essayist and playwright of <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_literature" title="Malayalam literature">Malayalam literature</a>, best known for his plays such as <i>Harichandra</i>, <i>Mathruka Manushyan</i> and <i>Mohavum, Mukhtiyum</i>. He was the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Kainikkara_Padmanabha_Pillai" title="Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai">Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai</a>, a noted author and thinker. An author of 18 books, Kumara Pillai was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Drama" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama">Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama</a> in 1970. The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi" title="Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi">Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi</a> inducted him as a distinguished fellow in 1975 followed by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi">Kerala Sahitya Akademi</a> in 1986. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kainikkara Kumara Pillai was born on 27 September 1900 at <a href="/wiki/Perunna" title="Perunna">Perunna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a> (present-day south Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Nair" title="Nair">Nair</a> parents Perunayil N. Kumara Pillai, a lawyer and an <a href="/wiki/Ayurvedic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayurvedic">Ayurvedic</a> physician and Haripattu Poothottal L. Parvathy Pilla.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After completing his schooling at a number of schools like <a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a> Government Middle School, St, Berchman's High School, <a href="/wiki/Mannar,_Alappuzha" title="Mannar, Alappuzha">Mannar</a> Nair Samajam School and <a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a> SCS High School, he completed his pre-university course at <a href="/wiki/Maharaja%27s_College,_Ernakulam" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja's College, Ernakulam">Maharaja's College, Ernakulam</a> and obtained a BA in Philosophy from <a href="/wiki/Government_Arts_College,_Kumbakonam" title="Government Arts College, Kumbakonam">Government Arts College, Kumbakonam</a> to start his career as a teacher at the NSS school in Kainikkara.<sup id="cite_ref-Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai_-_Veethi_profile_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai_-_Veethi_profile-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, he served as the principal of the <a href="/wiki/Karuvatta" title="Karuvatta">Karuvatta</a> High School from 1924 to 1943, as the Head Master of Palkulangara High School in Thiruvananthapuram. and as the principal of <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_College" title="Mahatma Gandhi College">Mahatma Gandhi College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a> (1955–56).<sup id="cite_ref-Mahatma_Gandhi_College,_Trivandrum_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahatma_Gandhi_College,_Trivandrum-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other positions, he was a Director of Educational Services of <a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a>, Trivandrum. </p><p>Kumara Pillai was married to Bagheearthi Kunjamma. He died on 9 December 1988 at the age of 88.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honours">Legacy and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legacy and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kumara Pillai was one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam theatre<sup id="cite_ref-Art_forms_of_India_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art_forms_of_India-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a part of the Progressive Writers'Association whose members included <a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer" title="Vaikom Muhammad Basheer">Vaikom Muhammad Basheer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mundassery" title="Joseph Mundassery">Joseph Mundassery</a> and <a href="/wiki/P._Kesavadev" title="P. Kesavadev">P. Kesavadev</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Paslithil2006_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paslithil2006-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started his literary career with <i>Duranthasanka</i>, an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a> of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which preceded eighteen books, composed of plays, short stories and essay compilations.<sup id="cite_ref-Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai_-_Veethi_profile_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai_-_Veethi_profile-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-List_of_works_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_works-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A noted actor of the times, he also translated <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s <i>Othello</i> and <i>Antony and Cleopatra</i>, and adapted the play <i>A New Way to Pay Old Debts</i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Massinger" title="Philip Massinger">Philip Massinger</a>, with the title <i>Manimangalam</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Manyasree_Viswamithran" title="Manyasree Viswamithran">Manyasree Viswamithran</a></i>, a Malayalam film made by <a href="/wiki/Madhu_(actor)" title="Madhu (actor)">Madhu</a> in 1974, was based on a story by Kumara Pillai and it was he who wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-Manyasree_Viswamitran_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manyasree_Viswamitran-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maanyashree_Vishwaamithran_(1974)_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maanyashree_Vishwaamithran_(1974)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He taught Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai in school<sup id="cite_ref-Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and encouraged the aspiring writer to take up prose which helped him in his literary career.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark1970_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark1970-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was associated with <i>Vidyalaya Poshini</i>, an educational journal, serving as its chief editor for a while and was with the All India Radio, heading its educational programs.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also contributed to the development of public library movement in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Paslithil2006_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paslithil2006-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi">Kerala Sahitya Akademi</a> selected <i>Mathruka Manushyan</i>, a play written by Kumara Pillai, for their <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Drama" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama">annual award for drama</a> in 1970, the play would later be included in the curriculum of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Travancore" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Travancore">University of Travancore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madras_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras University">Madras University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Drama_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Drama-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Akademi honoured him again in 1986 with the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">distinguished fellowship</a> in 1986,<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in between, he was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship">fellow</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi" title="Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi">Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi</a> in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-Drama,_Fellowship_List,_Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drama,_Fellowship_List,_Kerala_Sangeetha_Nataka_Akademi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a recipient of the Puthezhan Award, Guruvayurappan Trust Award and SPCS Award.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Selected works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plays">Plays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1955" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1955). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306573&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Vichara veechikal</i></a>. Kottayam: National Book Stall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Vichara+veechikal&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=National+Book+Stall&rft.date=1955&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D306573%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1938" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=304834&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Mohavum mukthiyum</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mohavum+mukthiyum&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1938&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D304834%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1969" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=304833&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Mathrukamanushyan</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mathrukamanushyan&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D304833%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1933" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1933). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=304832&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Harischandran</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Harischandran&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1933&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D304832%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1938" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35717"><i>Manimangalam</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manimangalam&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1938&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D35717&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1946" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1946). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35414"><i>Veshangal</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Veshangal&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D35414&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1951" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1951). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35718"><i>Prema Parinamam</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prema+Parinamam&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1951&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D35718&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1954" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1954). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KainikkaraKumaraPillai/Html/KainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm"><i>Agnipareeksha</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Agnipareeksha&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1954&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FPROFILES%2FKainikkaraKumaraPillai%2FHtml%2FKainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1956" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220722211645/http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=37411"><i>NingalAriyum</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=37411">the original</a> on 22 July 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=NingalAriyum&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D37411&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1968" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=4720"><i>Satyathinde Panthavu</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Satyathinde+Panthavu&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D4720&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1968" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=5055"><i>Oulichukali</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oulichukali&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D5055&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essays">Essays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Essays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1978" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305605&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Natakeeyam</i></a>. Kottayam: National Book Stall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Natakeeyam&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=National+Book+Stall&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D305605%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1984" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305931&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Kainikkarayude prabandhangal</i></a>. Kottayam: Little Prince Publications.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kainikkarayude+prabandhangal&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Little+Prince+Publications&rft.date=1984&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D305931%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1984" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=145631&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Avismaraneeyar</i></a> (in Malayalam). Kottayam, N B S.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Avismaraneeyar&rft.place=Kottayam%2C+N+B+S&rft.date=1984&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmgucat.mgu.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D145631%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1949" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1949). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KainikkaraKumaraPillai/Html/KainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm"><i>Kedavilakkukal</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kedavilakkukal&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1949&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FPROFILES%2FKainikkaraKumaraPillai%2FHtml%2FKainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1952" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1952). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=36712"><i>Avismaraneeyar</i></a> (in Malayalam). Thiruvananthapuram: Kamalalaya.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Avismaraneeyar&rft.place=Thiruvananthapuram&rft.pub=Kamalalaya&rft.date=1952&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D36712&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1970" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KainikkaraKumaraPillai/Html/KainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm"><i>Gandhi Vichara Veethikal</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gandhi+Vichara+Veethikal&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1970&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FPROFILES%2FKainikkaraKumaraPillai%2FHtml%2FKainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_stories_and_novel">Short stories and novel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Short stories and novel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1931" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KainikkaraKumaraPillai/Html/KainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm"><i>Durandashanga</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Durandashanga&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1931&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FPROFILES%2FKainikkaraKumaraPillai%2FHtml%2FKainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1934" class="citation book cs1">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1934). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KainikkaraKumaraPillai/Html/KainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm"><i>Balahradayam</i></a>. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Balahradayam&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=Sahitya+Pravarthaka+Co-operative+Society&rft.date=1934&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FPROFILES%2FKainikkaraKumaraPillai%2FHtml%2FKainikkaraKPillaiBooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKumara_Pillai1959" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara (1959). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=63264"><i>Achane Konna Makan</i></a> (in Malayalam). Kottayam, N B S.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Achane+Konna+Makan&rft.place=Kottayam%2C+N+B+S&rft.date=1959&rft.aulast=Kumara+Pillai&rft.aufirst=Kainikkara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D63264&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translations">Translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShakespeare1967" class="citation book cs1">Shakespeare, William (1967). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305047&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kainikkara%2520Kumara%2520Pillai"><i>Antoniyum Cleopatrayum</i></a>. Translated by Kumara Pillai, Kainikkara. Kottayam: National Book Stall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Antoniyum+Cleopatrayum&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=National+Book+Stall&rft.date=1967&rft.aulast=Shakespeare&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D305047%26query_desc%3Dau%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kainikkara%252520Kumara%252520Pillai&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKainikkara+Kumara+Pillai" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kainikkara_Kumara_Pillai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 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