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'''Krishna Chaitanya''' was the pen name of '''Krishnapillai Krishnankutty Nair''' (24 November 1918 – 5 June 1994), known as K.K. Nair. He is an author of about 40 books<ref>{{cite web|title=Krishna Chaitanya a.k.a. K K Nair - The Hinduism Forum - IndiaDivine.org|url=http://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/1084937-krishna-chaitanya-aka-k-k-nair/ |access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> on the subjects of art, literature, [[philosophy]] and education, and an art critic, musicologist and photographer.


==Early life and education==
Nair was the eldest of three children born to P.A. Krishna Pillai, an advocate, and Gowri Thankamma, a housewife. He was born in [[Trivandrum]] and died in [[New Delhi]]. His early schooling and education was between Trivandrum and Allepy in the erstwhile state of [[Travancore]] at that time under the [[1937 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election|Madras Presidency]]. Chaitanya graduated from the [[Madras University]], standing first both in B.A. and M.A. with Biology as his subject in the former and English Literature in the latter.

==Career==
[[File:Mahabharata literary study.JPG|thumb|This is the reviews of the book Mahabharata, a literary study by Krishna Chaitanya a.k.a. K.K Nair, on the back cover of his book.]]

Nair spent most of his life in Delhi where he retired as Director, Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity of the Government of India. Most of his works are related to the history of literature.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur</ref>

The major categories <ref>{{cite web|title=ARTS OF INDIA BY KRISHNA CHAITANYA |url=http://kusala.online-dhamma.net/%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99/%E5%8D%97%E5%82%B3%E4%BD%9B%E6%95%99%E5%9C%96%E6%9B%B8%E9%A4%A8%20Theravada%20Buddhism%20E-Library/080%20%E7%B6%B2%E7%AB%99%20%20Internet%20and%20Website/ABHINAV%20HOME/art-theatre-culture-music/arts%20of%20india%20.htm|access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> of his works are: a five-volume philosophy of freedom for which he got a [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] Fellowship (1978); a ten-volume history of world literature in English and several Indian languages which won a special award from the Kerala Sahitya Academy;{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} several books on Indology; books for children published during the International Year of the Child.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

[[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya]] is the author of a four-volume history of Indian painting,<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Indian Painting: The Modern Period|year=1976|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-8170173106|pages=330}}</ref>
has been for three decades art critic of one Indian periodical and music and dance critic of another, has been a member of the jury for Madhya Pradesh Government's Kalidas Award for eminent musician (1985) and visual artist (1987).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

As Chairman or member of functional committees he has been associated with over a dozen national cultural organizations and institutions in India. He is a recipient of the ‘Critics of ideas’ award (1964) from the Institute of International education, New York. He was honoured with a D Litt (Honoris Causa) by the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] in 1986 and received the [[Padma Shri]] from the Indian Government in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=betray1|url=http://www.inannareturns.com/articles/betrayal1.htm|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926051041/http://inannareturns.com/articles/betrayal1.htm|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Works==

;Malayalam

* ''Samskrithahile Sahitya thathwa chintha''
* ''Samskritha Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Yavana Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Roman Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Yahooda Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Pilkala Latheen Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Egyptian Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Mesopotemian Sahithya Charithram''
* ''Purathana Greek sahithyam''
* ''Purathana Jutha sahithyam''
* ''Vijnanathinte moulika Thathwa thrayam''
* ''Shasthrathinte Viswavalokanam ''

;English

* ''Sanskrit Poetics''
* ''A new History of Sanskrit literature''
* ''Ravi varma''
* ''Portfolio of Indian Paintings''
* ''The Mahabharata-a literary study''
* ''The Gita for Modern Man''
* ''The Betrayal of Krishna''
* ''The biology of freedom''
* ''The sociology of freedom''
* ''The physics and chemistry of freedom''
* ''The psychology of freedom''
* ''A History of World Literature: Vol.1 Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian Literature (pub 1964)''
* ''A History of World Literature: Vol.2 Ancient Greek Literature (pub 1965)''
* ''A History of World Literature: Vol.3 Ancient Roman Literature (pub 1966)''
* ''A History of World Literature: Vol.4 Ancient Jewish Literature (pub 1968)''

==References==
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