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{{short description|Indian literary critic}}
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'''P. K. Narayana Pillai''' (21 March 1879 – 10 February 1936), better identified as '''Sahitya Panchanan P. K. Narayana Pillai''', was an Indian literary critic, essayist, scholar, grammarian and poet of [[Malayalam language]]. One of the pioneers of literary criticism in Malayalam, he wrote more than 25 books which include ''Panchananante Vimarssthrayam'', a critique of the writings of [[Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan]], [[Cherusseri Namboothiri]] and [[Kunchan Nambiar]] and two books on Malayalam grammar, ''Leghuvyakaranam'' and ''Vyakarana Pravesika''. He was a judge of the [[High Court of Kerala]], a member of the [[Sree Moolam Popular Assembly]] and the founder president of the Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad.

== Biography ==
P. K. Narayana Pillai was born on 21 March 1879 at [[Ambalappuzha]] in the present-day [[Alappuzha district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Pozhincheri Madathil Damodaran Pillai and Kadamattuveettil Kunjulakshmi Amma.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Sahityapanchananan/Html/Sahityapanchanangraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> After completing early education in the traditional way under local teachers such as Chami Pillai Asan, Ananthakrishna Iyer and Raman Asan, he did his formal schooling at Ambalappuzha and passed the 10th standard examination in 1896. His college education was in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] where he completed his under graduate studies and after securing a bachelor's degree, he served as a teacher at the government high school and later at the government college in Thiruvananthapuram. Simultaneously, he studied law and after earning a degree, he started practicing as a lawyer in 1909. The next year, he was elected to [[Sree Moolam Popular Assembly]].<ref name="Biography of Eminent Nairs">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nairs.in/bio_n.htm |title=Biography of Eminent Nairs |date=2019-04-24 |website=www.nairs.in |access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>
After practicing law in [[Kottayam]], Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapram, he became a judge of the [[High Court of Kerala]] in 1929.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> Later, he also represented Ambalappuzha in the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly. When Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad was established in [[Kochi]], he was selected as its founder president.<ref name="Malayala Sahithyakaranmar">{{Cite web |url=http://writersinmalayalamitsinmalayalam.blogspot.com/2012/05/writers-in-malayalam-malayalam-is.html |title=Malayala Sahithyakaranmar |date=2019-04-24 |publisher=writersinmalayalamitsinmalayalam.blogspot.com |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

Narayana Pillai published over 25 books, mostly literary criticism, and he was one of the pioneers of literary criticism in Malayalam.<ref name="Malayala Sahithyakaranmar" /> ''Panchananante Vimarsathrayam'', a critique on the writings of [[Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan]],<ref name="Thunchathezhuthachan">{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/212492 |title=Thunchathezhuthachan |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1968 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}</ref> [[Cherusseri Namboothiri]]<ref name="Krishnagatha - Oru Niroopanam">{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/204773 |title=Krishnagatha - Oru Niroopanam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1916 |publisher=Central Travancore Bk depot |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}</ref> and [[Kunchan Nambiar]] was one of his major works and the book was published by [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]].<ref name="Panchananante vimarsathrayam">{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/306581 |title=Panchananante vimarsathrayam |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1980 |publisher=Kerala Sangeetha Natak Akademi |location=Thrissur |language=English}}</ref> He also wrote two books on Malayalam grammar, ''Leghuvyakaranam''<ref name="Leghuvyakaranam">{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/327703 |title=Leghuvyakaranam |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1995 |publisher=State Institute of Languages |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English}}</ref> and ''Vyakarana Pravesika''.<ref name="Vyakarana pravesika">{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/327658 |title=Vyakarana pravesika |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1995 |publisher=State Institute of Languages |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English}}</ref> A four-volume work, ''Sahitya Panchanante Kruthikal'' has been published compiling all his major works.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Sahityapanchananan/Html/SahityapanchanananBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>

Narayana Pillai, married to Parukutty Amma, died on 10 February 1936 at the age of 56.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> A library, P. K. Memorial Library, one of the first libraries in Kerala, was established in his honour by [[P. N. Panicker]], known to be the father of library movement in Kerala,<ref>{{cite web|first=Vishnu|last=Swaroop|date=19 June 2019|accessdate=2020-04-21|title=Reading awareness vehicle to visit govt schools, villages in Coimbatore district|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/reading-awareness-vehicle-to-visit-govt-schools-villages-in-coimbatore-district/articleshow/69859844.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> with Panicker serving as its secretary and it was here the representatives of 47 libraries in the state of [[Travancore]] met on 16 September 1945 to form the ''Thiruvithaamkoor Granthasala Sangham'' (All Travancore Library Association), the first library movement in Kerala.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Incidentally, P. K. Memorial Library was the first entry in the association's register.<ref name="Chandy launches Platinum Jubilee celebrations of PK Memorial">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/chandy-launches-platinum-jubilee-celebrations-of-pk-memorial/article2604241.ece |title=Chandy launches Platinum Jubilee celebrations of PK Memorial |author=Staff Reporter |date=2011-11-06 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> [[Sahitya Akademi]] has published Narayana Pillai's biography under the title, ''Sahitya Panchanan P K Narayana Pillai'', written by M. Gopalakrishnan Nair, under the series, ''Bharathiya Sahitya Silpikal'' (The Makers of Indian Literature).<ref name="Sahitya Panchanan P K Narayana Pillai">{{Cite book |url=http://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39242 |title=Sahitya Panchanan P K Narayana Pillai |last=Gopalakrishnan Nair M |date=2003 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788126016396 |series=Bharathiya Sahitya Silpikal |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
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* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/204773 |title=Krishnagatha - Oru Niroopanam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1916 |publisher=Central Travancore Bk depot |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/70842 |title=Vijnana ranjini / |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1947 |publisher=SPCS |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/217718 |title=Pracheena Manipravalam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1950 |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211635 |title=Neethisathakam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1952 |publisher=Kerala Sarvakalasala |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/75804 |title=Bharatha deshiya gaanam / |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1955 |publisher=Ullur Publishers |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211759 |title=Smarana Mandalam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1956 |publisher=Kerala University Co.op.stores |location=Trivandrum |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/223586 |title=Sahitheekadaksham |last=Pillai.P.K |first=Narayana |date=1965 |publisher=Ullur Publisher |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/304867 |title=Veerajanani/ |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1966 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam |language=English}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/212492 |title=Thunchathezhuthachan |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1968 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/70876 |title=Samskara kaudukam / |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1969 |publisher=S.P.C.S. |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211630 |title=Unniyachi Charitham |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1970 |publisher=Kerala Sarvakalasala |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/221917 |title=Padyaratnam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |date=1971 |publisher=Kerala Sarvakalasala |location=Trivandrum |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/249494 |title=The universal light : a poem on Swami Vivekananda, with an English translation |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1979 |publisher=College Book House |location=Trivandrum |language=Sanskrit}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/306581 |title=Panchananante vimarssthrayam |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1980 |publisher=Kerala Sangeetha Natak Akademi |location=Thrissur |language=English}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/213322 |title=Kairalidwani |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1983 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/272099 |title=Prayogadeepika |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1988 |publisher=Dept. of Cultural Publications |location=Trivandrum |language=English}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211032 |title=Sahithya Panchanante Krithikal |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1993 |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/327703 |title=Leghuvyakaranam |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1995 |publisher=State Institute of Languages |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/327658 |title=Vyakarana pravesika |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1995 |publisher=State Institute of Languages |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=English}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/223083 |title=Kavyamekhala: Sahithya Panjanande Padyakrithikal |last=Narayana Pillai |first=P. K. |date=1995 |publisher=Lt. Col. T.N.K.Nair |location=Thiruvananthapuram |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/217719 |title=Prasanga Tharangini (Part - 1) |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/209834 |title=Prasanga Tharangini Part II |last=Pillai.P.K |first=Narayana |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/217592 |title=Prayoga Deepika |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211634 |title=Kesimadhanam |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |publisher=Kerala Sarvakalasala |language=Malayalam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/211633 |title=Krishnarjjuna yudham |last=K |first=Narayana Pillai P. |publisher=Kerala Sarvakalasala |language=Malayalam}}
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |url=http://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39242 |title=Sahitya Panchanan P K Narayana Pillai |last=Gopalakrishnan Nair M |date=2003 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788126016396 |series=Bharathiya Sahitya Silpikal |location=New Delhi}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Sahityapanchananan/Html/Sahityapanchananan.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Sahityapanchananan/Html/SahityapanchanananScript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}}

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