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Edappally Raghavan Pillai was born on 30 May, 1909 in Edapally, Kingdom of Cochin, British India, is an Indian poet (1909-1936). Discover Edappally Raghavan Pillai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 27 years old?
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Poet, writer |
| Age |
27 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
30 May, 1909 |
| Birthday |
30 May |
| Birthplace |
Edapally, Kingdom of Cochin, British India |
| Date of death |
4 July, 1936 |
| Died Place |
Kollam, Kerala, India |
| Nationality |
India
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Edappally Raghavan Pillai Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Edappally Raghavan Pillai Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edappally Raghavan Pillai worth at the age of 27 years old? Edappally Raghavan Pillai’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from India. We have estimated Edappally Raghavan Pillai's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a close associate of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.
The pair, the front-runners of romanticism in Malayalam, was considered by many as the Shelley and Keats combination of Malayalam poetry.
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai compared Pillai to the Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi.
Raghavan Pillai was born on May 30, 1909, at Elamakkara, near Edapally in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Pavathu Neelakanda Pillai and Kalyani Amma, in a family with limited financial means.
His mother died when he was young and his father, who was an alcoholic, remarried; he could not get along well with his step mother.
Pillai's body of work comprises Sudha, Chillikkashu, Thushara Haaram (1935), Nava Saurabham (1936), Hridhaya Smitham (1936) and Maninaadham (1944), the last one considered by many as his best work.
A memorial was built at Mulamkadakam in Kollam, the place where Pillai killed himself.
Pillai wrote a poem, Naalathe Prabhatham (Tomorrow's Sunrise), the day before his death and sent it to Malayalarajyam press with instructions to publish it the next day.
Maninadam, The poem he wrote shortly before his death opens as:
Changampuzha wrote a short poem, The Broken Flute, mourning the loss of his friend which reads as:
On July 4, 1936, when the lawyer was away from home to attend the girl's wedding, Pillai, aged 27, bathed himself clean and wore a jasmine garland before killing himself.
His body was found the next morning, hanging from a tree.
Raghavan Pillai was a close friend of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai and the friends were referred to as Edapally poets or as the twins of Edapally.
Both the poets were exponents of romantic poetry which earned them the epithet, Shelley and Keats combination of Malayalam poetry.
It is believed that the pastoral play, Ramanan, by Changampuzha is an elegy based on the life and death of his friend Raghavan Pillai.
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai likened Pillai to the Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi.
His early schooling was at a local school in Ponekkara after which he completed middle school from the English School in Edapally Chuttupadukara before completing his high school education from a school in Cheranellore and later at St. Albert's HSS, Ernakulam; he passed the 10th standard examination only on the second attempt.
During this period, he worked as a private tuition teacher and he fell in love with one of his students who came from a rich family in Edapally.
The girl's parents discover it and forced him to leave Edapally.
Pillai moved to Thiruvananthapuram where he stayed with a friend by name M. Balakrishnan Nair and worked at various establishments viz.
Bhashabhivardhini Book Depot, Sreemathi weekly and Kerala Kesari magazine as well as at a local grocery shop as their accountant.
He also tried unsuccessfully to pass Vidwan examination.
When Kerala Kesari was closed down, he moved to Kollam where he was accommodated by V. M. Narayana Pillai, a known lawyer and a relative of the girl he loved.
It was here he learned about the marriage of the girl when the lawyer received her wedding invitation.
