Channankara Velayudhan Pillai Raman Pillai (19 May 1858 – 21 March 1922), also known as C.
V., was one of the major Indian novelists and playwrights and a pioneering playwright and novelist of Malayalam literature.
He was known for his historical novels such as Marthandavarma, Dharmaraja and Ramaraja Bahadur; the last mentioned considered by many as one of the greatest novels written in Malayalam.
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