Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai

Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai (1 August 1900 – 11 February 1971), was an Indian scholar, journalist, philosopher, atheist and critic of Malayalam language.

Krishna Pillai added the moniker Kuttipuzha to his name after the village in Paravur in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala where he was born on 1 August 1900 to Oorumanakkal Sankaran Nambuthiri and Kurungattuveettil Devaki Amma.

[2] He also held several noted positions such as those of the convener of the text book committee and the director of the Children's literature workshop.

It was during a function in Aluva on the last day of 1970, he fell unconscious and was taken to a hospital in Angamali where he died on 11 February 1971, at the age of 70.

[1] The Union Christian College where he spent most of his career, have instituted an annual scholarship, Prof. Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai Memorial Endowment Scholarship and an annual award, Prof. Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai Memorial Prize, in his honour.