Karoor Neelakanta Pillai
Karoor Neelakanta Pillai | |
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| Born | 22 February 1898 Ettumanoor, Travancore |
| Died | 30 September 1975 (aged 77) |
| Pen name | Karoor |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Short story, children's literature, novel |
| Subject | Social |
| Notable awards | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1960, 1969) |
Karoor Neelakanta Pillai (22 February 1898 – 30 September 1975) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and one of the founders of Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society (Writers' Co-operative Society). Some of his works such as Poovan Pazham and Marappavakal are counted by many among the best short stories in Malayalam. He was a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature in 1960, which he received for his work Anakkaran, and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1969, which he received for his short story Mothiram.