Sooranad Kunjan Pillai

Sooranad P. N. Kunjan Pillai is a historian, researcher, lexicographer, poet, essayist, literary critic, orator, socio-cultural leader, grammarian, educationist, and scholar of Malayalam language. In 1984 he was honoured with Padmashri award for his contribution to Malayalam literature and education.
Biography
He was born to Neelakanta Pillai and Karthiyanipillai Amma on 26 November 1911 in Sooranad South in Kollam district. He married Bhagavathi Amma[of the panniyarathala family in Jagathy, d. 2007] in 1935. He is survived by three daughters and a son.
Education
He did his schooling in Thevalakkara Malayalam School, Chavara English School, and later joined the Thiruvananthapuram Arts College. He took his Master's degree in English in 1933 and subsequently received his Master's in Sanskrit (1934) and Malayalam (1935). He specialized in Archaeology also.
Positions held
He started his professional career as an English Teacher...