Professor A. Dakshinamurthy

Who is Professor A. Dakshinamurthy?

Professor A. Dakshinamurthy born in Neduvakkottai, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur district, Tamilnadu, India in 1938 is a Tamil scholar, a writer, a researcher, and a translator of Tamil literature into English. He obtained his Ph.D in Tamil in 1988 from the University of Madras. He served as a teacher for 33 years in various institutions in Tamil Nadu, retiring in 1996 as the principal of the Senthamizh Arts College, Madurai Tamil Sangam, Madurai. He is famous for his translations of Classical Tamil literature into English. He has to his credit translating maximum number of Classical Sangam literature and 6 books from the Patinenkilkanakku collection into English along with many medieval and modern Tamil poetry.