Kesari Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), was a Malayalam writer, art and literary critic, journalist, thinker and visionary.
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, who was known by the name of the newspaper he ran, "Kesari". He was also a literary critic, essayist and translated literary works form French and other languages to Malayalam in order to give guidance to other writers. Kesari is the most influential figure in modern Kerala's intellectual life. M.N. Vijayan has compiled many of Kesari's works with the title "Kesariyude Lokangal". He was a mentor of many writers. The Trivandrum Kesari Memorial Hall is named after BalakrishnaPillai. When Travancore rulers banned "Kesari", he left Trivandrum and the rest of his life was spent at Paravoor.
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