A. Srinivasa Raghavan
A. Srinivasa Raghavan | |
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Born | (1905-10-23)23 October 1905 Kandiyur, Thiruvaiyaru, British India |
Died | 5 January 1975(1975-01-05) (aged 69) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, orator |
A. Srinivasa Raghavan (23 October 1905 – 5 January 1975) was a Tamil poet, writer, orator, and professor from Tamil Nadu, India. He was also popularly known by his initials as Aa. See. Ra (Tamil: அ. சீ. ரா).
Biography
Srinivasa Raghavan was born in Kandiyur near Thiruvaiyaru. He completed his schooling in Nagapattinam and graduated from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. He worked as a lecturer in the same college and the Vivekananda College, Chennai for some time. He also published two magazines - Sindhanai (a Tamil monthly) and Triveni (an English monthly). He published his works using the pseudonym Vagulaparanan.(Tamil: வகுளாபரணன்). He worked as a professor of English at St. Xavier's College, Chennai and M. D. T. Hindu College, Tirunelveli. During 1951-69 served as its Principal of V.O.C. College, Tuticorin.[1][2] In 1968, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his collection of poetry Vellai Paravai (lit. The White Bird).[3] He died in 1975. A complete edition of his works was published posthumously in 2005.[4][5]
Partial bibliography
- Vellai Paravai (poetry collection)
- Nigumbalai
- Avan Amaran
- Gowthami
- Udhaya Kanni (play)
- Mel Karru
- Ilakkiya Malargal
- Kaaviya Arangil
- Gurudevarin Kural
- Pudhu Merugu (literary commentary)
- Bharathiyin Kural (essay)
- Kambanilil irundhu sila idhazhgal (essay)
- Nammazhwar (biography)
References
- ^ Swarajya, Volume 19, Issues 27-52. 1975.
- ^ George, K. M (1984). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose. Sahitya Akademi. p. 650. ISBN 978-81-7201-783-5.
- ^ "Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.
- ^ "பன்முகப் பேராசிரியர் அ.சீ.ரா". Dina Mani (in Tamil).
- ^ "பேராசிரியர் அ. சீநிவாசராகவன் நூற்றாண்டுவிழாச் சிந்தனை". Sify (in Tamil).[dead link]
Further reading
- Srinivasa Rangan, T. R. (1975). The life of Professor Raghavan.
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- R. P. Sethu Pillai (1955)
- Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956)
- C. Rajagopalachari (1958)
- Mu. Varadarajan (1961)
- Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (1962)
- Akilan (1963)
- P. Sri Acharya (1965)
- M. P. Sivagnanam (1966)
- K. V. Jagannathan (1967)
- A. Srinivasa Raghavan (1968)
- Bharatidasan (1969)
- Ku. Alagirisami (1970)
- Na. Parthasarathy (1971)
- D. Jayakanthan (1972)
- Rajam Krishnan (1973)
- K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1974)
- R. Dhandayudham (1975)
- Indira Parthasarathy (1977)
- Vallikannan (1978)
- Thi. Janakiraman (1979)
- Kannadasan (1980)
- M. Ramalingam (1981)
- B. S. Ramiah (1982)
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan (1983)
- Lakshmi (1984)
- A. S. Gnanasambandan (1985)
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam (1986)
- Aadhavan Sundaram (1987)
- V. C. Kulandaiswamy (1988)
- La Sa Ra (1989)
- Su. Samuthiram (1990)
- Ki. Rajanarayanan (1991)
- Kovi. Manisekaran (1992)
- M. V. Venkatram (1993)
- Ponneelan (1994)
- Prapanchan (1995)
- Ashokamitran (1996)
- Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (1997)
- Sa. Kandasamy (1998)
- S. Abdul Rahman (1999)
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran (2000)
- C. S. Chellappa (2001)
- Sirpi Balasubramaniam (2002)
- Vairamuthu (2003)
- Tamilanban (2004)
- G. Thilakavathi (2005)
- Mu. Metha (2006)
- Neela Padmanabhan (2007)
- Melanmai Ponnusamy (2008)
- Puviarasu (2009)
- Nanjil Nadan (2010)
- S. Venkatesan (2011)
- D. Selvaraj (2012)
- Joe D'Cruz (2013)
- Poomani (2014)
- A. Madhavan (2015)
- Vannadasan (2016)
- Inkulab (2017)
- S. Ramakrishnan (2018)
- Cho Dharman (2019)
- Imayam (2020)
- C. S. Lakshmi (2021)
- M. Rajendran (2022)
- Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) (2023)