A. S. Gnanasambandan

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A. S. Gnanasambandan
Born
Arasankudi Saravana Gnanasambandan

10 November 1916
Arasankudi, Tiruchirapalli district, British India
Died27 August 2002(2002-08-27) (aged 85)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Writer, Scriptwriter

A. S. Gnanasambandan (10 November 1916 – 27 August 2002), was a Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic from Tamil Nadu, India. He is also known by his Tamil initials as Aa. Sa. Gna.

Biography

Gnanasambandan was born in Arasankudi near

Saivite devotional epic. Gnanasambandan finished his schooling at Board High School, Lalgudi and signed up for intermediate classes in Physics at Annamalai University
.

His Tamil knowledge was noticed by the Tamil scholar Somasundara Bharathi, who was a professor of Tamil at the university. He convinced Gnanasambandan to switch his major to Tamil. During his time at Annamalai University, he befriended noted scholars like

Thiru. Vi. Ka and The. Po. Meenakshi Sundaram. He graduated with a masters in Tamil and joined Pachaiyappa's College
as a lecturer of Tamil in 1942, where he worked till 1956.

Writing career

A. S. Gnanasambandan's first noted book Ravanan, Maatchiyum Veezhchiyum was published in 1945. This book along with Kamban Kalai (1950) and Thambiyar Iruvar (1961) cemented his reputation as a scholar of

Tamil for his literary criticism - Kamban: Putiya Parvai (lit. Kamban - A fresh view).[1][2][3][4][5]

Awards and recognitions

  • Sahithya Academy For Tamil Literature (1985)[6]
  • Kalaimamani Award Conferred by Tamil Nadu Government (1987)
  • Thamizh Chemmal Award (1987)
  • Ilakkia Sinthanai Award (1987)
  • Thiru.VI.Ka. Award (1990)
  • Kamban Mamani Award (1993)
  • Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar Memorial Award (1996)
  • Thamizh Moodharingar Award (1998)
  • Kural Peedam Award Conferred by Tamil Nadu Government (2000)
  • Iyatramizh Chelvar Award (2000)

Bibliography

  • "Ravanan Matchiyum Veezhchiyum" (1945)[7]
  • "Thambiyar Iruvar" (1961)
  • "Arasiyar Moovar"
  • "Naadum Mannanum"
  • "Agam"
  • "Puram"
  • "Magalir Valartha Tamil"
  • "Kural Kanda Vazhvu"
  • "Ilakkiak kalai" (1964)
  • "Kamban Kalai" (1950)
  • "Thellartu Nandi"
  • "Puthia Konam"
  • "Desia Ilakkiam"
  • "Thiru.Vi.Ka"
  • "Indrum Iniyum"
  • "Kizhakkum Merkkum" (1971)
  • "Spiritualism and Materialism –PSG memorial Lectures"
  • "Barathiyum Barathidhasanum"
  • "Thathuvamum Bakthiyum" (1974)
  • "Manikkavasakar" (1974)
  • "Kamban: Puthia Paarvai"
  • "Periapuranam - Oru Aayvu"
  • "Mandirangal Endral Enna"
  • "Ilango Adigal Samayam edhu"
  • "Kamban Edutha Muthukkal"
  • "Pathinen puranam"
  • "Arulalargal"
  • "Raman-Panmuhanokkil"
  • "Sekkizhar Thantha Selvam"
  • "Nan Kanda Periavargal"
  • "Thiruvasagam Sila Sindanaigal"
  • "Tamil Nadaga Varalarum Sankaradas Swamigalum"
  • "Mutrura Sindhanaigal"
  • "Thottanaithoorum Manarkkeni"
  • "Inamutham"
  • "Thevara Thiruppathikangal" (1998)

Translation work

Translation from English To Tamil:
  • "Tagore's “Towards the Universal Man”-Anaithulaga Manithanai Nokki[8]
  • "John Dewey’s “Reconstruction in Philosophy” -Thathuva Sasthira Punaramaippu.
  • "Henry David Thoreau's Biography-Thorovin Vazgkkai Varalaru.

References

  1. ^ "Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.
  2. Dina Mani
     (in Tamil). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ "A man of many parts". Chennai Online. 2001. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0
    .
  5. ^ An Album of Indian writers: issued on the occasion of Frankfurt World Book Fair. Sahitya Akademi. 1986. p. 173.
  6. ^ "Awards".
  7. ^ "Books Written".
  8. ^ "Translation from English To Tamil".
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A._S._Gnanasambandan&oldid=1216204775"