Given the question: Facts: - death place: thrissur . - language: malayalam - caption: statue of changampuzha at edappally , ernakulam - death date: 17 june 1948 - birth date: 11 october 1911 - name: changampuzha - image: .jpg - birth place: edapally . Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of changampuzha krishna pillai .
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changampuzha krishna pillai -lrb- malayalam : -rrb- -lrb- 11 october 1911 -- 17 june 1948 -rrb- was a celebrated malayalam poet from kerala , india , known for his romantic elegy '' ramanan '' -lrb- malayalam : -rrb- which was written in 1936 and sold over 100,000 copies .it is a long pastoral elegy , a play written in the form of verse , allegedly based on the life of changampuzha 's friend edappally raghavan pillai .this has also been converted into a movie in 1967 .he is credited with bringing poetry to the masses with his simple romantic style .he died of tuberculosis at a young age of 37 .his style influenced the next few generations of malayalam poetry , notable among them was vayalar ramavarma , famous malayalam lyricist .a movie based on the life history of changampuzha is in the planning stage .