Gnanou Diagou Explained

Gnanou Diagou
Birth Date:	1877
Birth Place:	Pondicherry, India
Death Date:	1959
Nationality:	Indian
Known For:	Translating Tirukkural into French
Occupation:	Lawyer
Children:	Dairianadin, Cojande

Gnanou Diagou (1877–1959) was a lawyer and professor of law in Pondicherry, India. He is known for translating the Tirukkural into French.

Biography

Gnanou Diagou hailed from a Catholic family from Pondicherry. He obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Aix in 1902.^[1] He served as president of the Pondicherry Bar Association from 1934. He was also a professor of Law at Pondicherry Law School. In 1911, he founded the Historical Society of Pondicherry. He was also known as historian of French India. He translated Tamil texts into French.^[2] In 1942, he translated the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil classic, into French.^[3]

Works

Note: Years indicated are dates of editions.

• Le droit civil applicable aux Musulmans de l'Inde (1984)
• Koural by Tiruvaḷḷuvar (1942, 1968)^{[4] [5]}
• Arrêts du Conseil supérieur de Pondichéry (1935)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Assara Kovai: Traduit du tamoul (1950,^[9] 1963, 1971)
• Arà néry sarom: L'Essence du chemin de la vertu (1965)
• Histoire détaillée des rois du Carnatic (1939)
• Principes de droit hindou (1929)
• Ramayana de Kambar: Sundara kandam (livre de la beaute) (1972)
• Principes de Droit hindou (1929)
• Naladiyar (1946)
• Nanmanikkadikai (1954)^[10]

See also

• Tirukkural translations
• Tirukkural translations into French
• List of translators

Notes and References

1. Web site: Identifiant IdRef : 028457730.
2. Web site: Gnanou Diagou (1877-1959) . n.d. . Bibliotheque Nationale de France . 25 November 2017 .
3. Book: Sanjeevi , N. . Bibliography on Tirukkural. In First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers . University of Madras . 1973 . Chennai . 146 .
4. Web site: Koural. Tiruvaḷḷuvar. lib.ugent.be. 29 July 1968 . 2020-02-11.
5. Varman. Nandhi. Translations of Sangam Tamil classics in other languages. en.
6. Book: française (PONDICHERRY), Société de l'Histoire de l'Inde. Arrêts du Conseil Supérieur de Pondichéry. Analysés par Me Gnanou Diagou. 1935. fr.
7. 1938. Arrêts du Conseil Supérieur de Pondiehéry, analysés par M. Gnanou-Diagou. Tome V : 1790-1794. Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 26. 116. 135–136.
8. Book: Diagou, Gnanou (1877-1959) Auteur du texte. Arrêts du Conseil supérieur de Pondichéry. Tome 1 / analysés par M. Gnanou Diagou,.... 1935–1941. EN.
9. Book: Venkataramaiah. K. M.. A handbook of Tamil Nadu. Linguistics. International School of Dravidian. 1996. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. 978-81-85692-20-3. en.
10. Web site: தமிழ்ச் செவ்விலக்கிய மொழிபெயர்ப்புகள் « Siragu Tamil Online Magazine, News. Siragu. en-US. 2020-02-11.