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Gnanou Diagou (1877–1959) was a lawyer and professor of law in
Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...
,
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. He is known for translating the
Tirukkural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or Kural (poetic form), kurals, of seven ...
into French.


Biography

Gnanou Diagou hailed from a
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family from Pondicherry. He obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Aix in 1902. 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 French India, formally the ( en, French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de ...
. He translated Tamil texts into French. In 1942, he translated the
Tirukkural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' ( ta, திருக்குறள், lit=sacred verses), or shortly the ''Kural'' ( ta, குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or Kural (poetic form), kurals, of seven ...
, an ancient Tamil classic, into French.


Works

Note: Years indicated are dates of editions. * Le droit civil applicable aux Musulmans de l'Inde (1984) * Koural by Tiruvaḷḷuvar (1942, 1968) * Arrêts du Conseil supérieur de Pondichéry (1935) * Assara Kovai: Traduit du tamoul (1950, 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)


See also

*
Tirukkural translations Tirukkural, also known as the Kural, an ancient Indian treatise on the Secular ethics, ethics and morality of the commoner, is one of the List of literary works by number of translations, most widely translated non-religious works in the world. A ...
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Tirukkural translations into French French has the second maximum number of translations of the Tirukkural among European languages, next only to English. As of 2015, there were at least 18 translations of the Kural text available in French. History of translations The first translat ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diagou, Gnanou Tamil–French translators Translators of the Tirukkural into French 1877 births 1959 deaths Tirukkural translators