K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (born 1931) is a

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scholar, writer, critic and translator from

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. Thirunavukkarasu is an alumnus of

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. 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

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for

for his literary criticism ''Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam'' (lit.

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, a moralist literature).Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007

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Official website.

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

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