Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: thiruvananthapuram , kerala , india    - death date: april 3 , 1991      - birth date: 1926    - name: p. k. balakrishnan    - nationality: indian    - image: p. k. balakrishnan.gif    - birth place: edavanakkad , ernakulam , kingdom of cochin    - occupation: novelist fighter , historian , critic , essayist , freedom   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of p. k. balakrishnan .
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p. k. balakrishnan -lrb- 1926 -- 1991 -rrb- was a malayalam novelist , critic and historian .his multifaceted interests took him through politics , journalism , public speaking and creative writing .he was a patriot who gave up his studies for the freedom of the country .