Cannankara Velayudhan Raman Pillai, also known as C. , was one of the major Indian novelists and playwrights and a pioneering playwright and novelist of Malayalam literature.
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Cannankara Velayudhan Raman Pillai, also known as C. V., was one of the major Indian novelists and playwrights and a pioneering playwright and novelist of Malayalam literature. He was known for his historical novels such as Marthandavarma, Dharmaraja and Ramaraja Bahadur; the last mentioned considered by many as one of the greatest novels written in Malayalam.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1858 to 1922 · aged 63
Written about in
5 languages
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