Given the question: Facts:   - subject: social    - death date: 30 september 1975    - genre: short story      - pseudonym: karur    - birth date: 22 february 1898    - awards: kerala sahitya akademi award    - name: karur neelakanta pillai    - occupation: short story ,   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of karur neelakanta pillai .
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karoor , neelakanta pillai -lrb- malayalam : കാരൂർ നീലകണ ഠപ പിള ള -rrb- -lrb- 1898 -- 1975 -rrb- was a malayalam short story writer and one of the founders of sahithya pravarthaka sahakarana sangham -lrb- writers ' co-operative society -rrb- .karoor was born on , in the village of ettumanoor , in kottayam district , kerala , to kunhilekshmy amma and neelakanta pillai .karoor is his housename .he began his career as a school teacher .he is considered one of the best short storytellers of the malayalam language .karoor was born in 22 february 1898 in the village of ettumanoor in kottayam district , kerala , to kunhilekshmy amma and neelakanta pillai .karoor is his housename .he began his career as a school teacher .he and vaikom muhammad basheer are considered to be the preeminent storytellers in malayalam literature .his short stories often portray the plight of the middle class in a simple and straightforward manner .many of his stories were translated into other indian languages and english .the short story `` anakkaran '' -lrb- the elephant boy -rrb- was translated into english by santa ramesvara rao .he wrote many stories for children .his story `` anchu kadalasu '' was filmed .in 1960 , he received the kerala sahithya academi award .he died in 1975 .