Edappally Raghavan Pillai

Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was a Malayalam poet who was closely associated with Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.[1] They are considered as Shelley and Keats of Malayalm poetry.[2]

Pillai has been compared by Kesari Balakrishna Pillai to Giacomo Leopardi of Italy.[3]

Raghavan Pillai's best poem is perhaps Maninadam (The sound of the bells) which he wrote a short while before committing suicide by hanging himself from a tree.[4] The farewell song opens by:

മണിമുഴക്കം! മരണദിനത്തിന്റെ
മണിമുഴക്കം, മധുരം! വരുന്നു ഞാന്‍!
അനുനയിക്കുവാനെത്തുമെന്‍കൂട്ടരോ-
ടരുളീടട്ടെയെന്നന്ത്യയാത്രാമൊഴി;
The bell tolls; It is the sweet knell
Of the day of the death; I am coming;
Let me say my farewell words
To the friends who come to see me off.

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It is believed that the famous pastoral play Ramanan by Changampuzha is an elegy based on the life and death of his friend Raghavan Pillai.[1]

Selected works

  • Thushara Haaram (1935)
  • Nava Saurabham (1936)
  • Hridhaya Smitham (1936)
  • Maninaadham (1944)
  • Edappally Raghavan Pillayude Krithikal

References

  1. 1 2 George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sāhitya Akādemī. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
  2. ↑ Das, Sisir Kumar (1995). A History of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
  3. ↑ Poetry – The Second Generation of Romantics
  4. ↑ K. Satchidanandan – Gestures: An Anthology of South Asian Poetry

    Further reading

    • S. Guptannāyar, Changampuzha, Sahitya Akademi (2001). ISBN 81-260-1292-7, ISBN 978-81-260-1292-3
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