M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
writer (1889–1960)
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
1889–1960, born Thampanoor, writes in Malayalam, writer, literary critic, journalist
Akathoot Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), better known as Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, was a Malayalam writer, art and literary critic and journalist, considered by many as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Kerala. He was the eponymous founder of the newspaper, Kesari and was one of the three major figures in modern Malayalam literary criticism, along with Joseph Mundassery and M. P. Paul. Besides works such as Kesariyude Lokangal, Navalokam, Sankethika Nirupanangal Sahitya Nirupanangal, Rupamanjari, he also wrote a text in English under the title, Outlines of the Proto-Historic Chronology of Western Asia.
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Also writing in Malayalam
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