 "Odayil Ninnu", "Nadhi", "Bhrandalayam", "Ayalkar" (Central Academi Award-winning novel), "Ethirppu" (autobiography) and "Oru Sundariyude Athmakadha" are some among his 128 literary works.Kesavadev along with Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer are considered the exponents of progressive Malayalam Literature.Keshavadev, born Kesava Pillai, on July 21, 1904 at Kedamangalam, a small hamlet near North Paravur, then British Raj, to Appu Pillai-Karthyayani Amma couple.