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Kainikkara Kumara Pillai (1900–1988), younger brother of Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai, was a Malayalam teacher, actor and playwright, who wrote classics such as "Harichandra".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=25 Sahityakaranmar )〕 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. Kainikkara obtained a B.A in Philosophy from Kumbakonam College in Trivandrum. He became a teacher at the NSS 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 (1955–56).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum ) 〕 Among other positions, he was a Director of Educational Services of All India Radio, Trivandrum. He was also an accomplished actor, performing in many successful plays in Kerala theatres.〔 He was Chief Editor of an educational journal called ''Vidyalaya Poshini''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About School )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Theatre )〕 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''. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the play ''Mathruka Manushyan'' in the year 1970. ==Selected works== *''Durandashanga'' (1931 novel) – became a text-book at the University of Travancore and Madras University. *''Harichandracharitam'' (1933 drama) *''Balahradayam'' (1934 stories) *''Manimangalam'' (1938 drama) *''Mohavum, Mukhtiyum'' (1938 drama) *''Veshangal'' (1946 comedy drama) *''Kedavilakkukal'' (1949 book about Socrates and other ancient philosophers) *''Prema Parinamam'' (1951 drama) *''Agnipareeksha'' (1954 drama) *''Vicharaveechikal'' (1955 drama) *''Achane Konna Makan'' (1959 short stories), *''Anthony and Cleopatra'' (1967 translation from Shakespeare) *''Satyathinde Panthavu'' (1968 radio plays) *''Mathraka Manushyan'' (1969) – won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award *''Gandhi Vichara Veethikal'' (1970) *''Olichukali'' (1971 collection of plays) *''Nadakeeyam'' (1978 essays) *''Kainikkarayude Prabandhangal'' (1984 Collection) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kainikkara Kumara Pillai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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