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'''Nalankal Krishna Pillai''' (1910–1991) was a [[Malayalam|Malayalam-language]] poet and historian from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1980 for the work ''Decemberile Manjuthullikal''.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in 1910 in [[Olassa]] near [[Aymanam]], [[Kottayam district]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]] as the son of Arakkal Kesava Pillai and Nalankal Janaki Amma. After completing his school education from Olessa and Kottayam, he obtained his graduate degree and masters from Training College and Trivandrum Arts College respectively. He worked as a teacher in various institutions and retired from the government service as Regional Deputy Director.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}<br />
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Most of Nalankal's poems deal with unhappy homeless poor who live in the streets. His ''Krishna Thulasi'' and other poems are written in the classical style. He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1980 for the work ''Decemberile Manjuthullikal''. He has also written books about the history of [[temples of Kerala]], such as ''Navaratri'', ''Kshetrapradakshinam'' and ''Mahakshetrangalude Munnil''. The latter is a unique travel book in Malayalam, featuring almost all major temples in Kerala, their history, legends etc. It won him the Vyasa Award of Travancore Devaswam Board. A chronic [[diabetes|diabetic]], he died in 1991 after other age-related illnesses at the age of 81.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
* " Ragonmadam"<br />
* ''Krishna Tulsi''<br />
* ''Decemberile Manjuthullikal''<br />
* ''Ragatarangam''<br />
* ''Shokamudra''<br />
* ''Vasantakanti''<br />
* ''Ratna Kankanam''<br />
* ''Ambal Poyka''<br />
* ''Pookkuda''<br />
* ''Priyadarsini''<br />
* ''Sougandhikam''<br />
* ''Kasturi''<br />
* ''Sindoorarekha''<br />
* ''Udayagiri Chuvannu''<br />
* ''Navaratri'' (History)<br />
* ''Kshetrapradakshinam'' (History)<br />
* ''Mahakshetrangalude Munnil'' (History)<br />
* ''Sardar Patel'' (Biography)<br />
* ''Jawaharlal Nehru'' (Biography)<br />
* ''Stalin'' (Biography)<br />
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