K. D. Thirunavukkarasu Explained

K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1931–1989) was an Indian Tamil scholar, writer, critic and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.^[1]

Thirunavukkarasu was an alumnus of Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai.^[2] He obtained a M.A, M.Litt. and a PhD and worked as a professor at the International Institute of Tamil Studies in Chennai. In 1974, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam (lit. Thirukkural, a moralist literature).^[3] He died in 1989.^[4]

Partial bibliography

• Chieftains of the Sangam age
• A Critical study of Dr. Mu. Va's works
• Thirukkural needhi illakkiyam
• Thirukkural karpanai thiranum nataka nalanum
• Arunmozhi aayvuth thogudhi
• Then kizhakku aasiya nadugalil thamilar panpadu
• (trans.)Rajaram mohan roy (biography)
• (trans.)Jeevanandha Das (biography)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Books on Tamil Culture & Tamil History. Tamil Electronic Library. 10 June 2010.
2. Web site: List of Distinguished Alumini. Pachaiyappa's College. 19 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010003427/http://pachaiyappaschennai.net/Alumni/tamilwriters.htm. 10 October 2010. dead.
3. http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007
4. Web site: திருக்குறள் அறிஞர்கள் அறிவோம் க. த. திருநாவுக்கரசு (1931–1989) . Voice of Valluvar . 8 December 2023 . 12 September 2022.