Background
Kainikkara Kumara Pillai was born in 1900 to an educated, middle-class family. His father Perunayil N. Kumara Pillai was a successful lawyer and an Ayurvedic pundit.
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Kainikkara Kumara Pillai
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Kainikkara obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Kumbakonam College in Trivandrum. He became a teacher at the National Service Scheme school in Kainikkara, and from 1924–1943 was principal of the Karuvatta High School. He become Head Master of Palkulangara High School in Trivandrum.
He was principal of Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum (1955-1956).
Among other positions, he was a Director of Educational Services of All India Radio, Trivandrum. He was Chief Editor of an educational journal called Vidyalaya Poshini.
As a teacher, he helped and encouraged the novelist Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. He was one of the more important Kerala playwrights of the mid 20th century.
A compelling dramatist, he was considerably influenced by the West.
He translated Shakespeare"s Othello and Antony and Cleopatra, and adapted the play A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger, with the title Manimangalam.
Achievements
Awards
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Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.