K. D. Thirunavukkarasu

K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (Tamil: க. த. திருநாவுக்கரசு, b. 1931 -) is a Tamil scholar, writer, critic and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.[1]

Biography

Thirunavukkarasu is 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]

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)

References
  1. "Books on Tamil Culture & Tamil History". Tamil Electronic Library. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. "List of Distinguished Alumini". Pachaiyappa's College. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  3. Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website.
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