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M. P. Narayana Pillai
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Malikathazhathu Pulluvazhy Narayana Pillai (എം.പി. നാരായണപിള്ള) (22 November 1939 – 19 May 1998), affectionately known as Nanappan among his friends, was a journalist and writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his novel, Parinamam (The Evolution), and a number of short stories including Murugan Enna Pambatty (Murugan, the Snake Charmer) and George Aaramante Kodathi (The Court of George VI), Pillai was associated with Far Eastern Economic Review and McGraw-Hill World News. He was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1991, but he declined the award.
M. P. Narayana Pillai was born on 22 November 1939 to Thazhathu Parameshwaran Nair and Malikathazhathu Ammukutty Amma in Pulluvazhy, a village near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala. After early schooling at the local school in Pulluvazhy, he completed his Pre-University course at Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha and moved to Banaras Hindu University from where he obtained his BSc degree in agricultural science. Subsequently, he started his career as a telephone operator at the consulate of East Germany in Delhi. Later, he joined Central Planning Commission, Delhi as an economic investigator and worked there for five years. In 1967, he moved to Hong Kong to join the Far Eastern Economic Review as the assistant editor but stayed there only for 3 years and returned to India to take up the position of the chief of publications with Mumbai-based Commerce Group in 1970. He was also associated with McGraw-Hill World News as their Indian correspondent, with periodicals such as Minerals and Metals Review and Trial, a Malayalam weekly of Kalakaumudi and served as he chief executive officer of Asian Industries Information Center. Another of his journalistic attempts was the funding of Gulf Malayalee, a periodical for the Malayali expatriates residing in the Gulf region.
Pillai was married to Prabha Pillai, an editor of the Economic and Political Weekly who would later publish two books named as Verpadinte Vedanakal and Ormakalude Mahanagarathil, based on her memories of Narayan Pillai.
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