RP Sethu Pillai
RP Sethu Pillai ( Tamil ரா. பி. சேதுப்பிள்ளை ; * 1896 in Tirunelveli District , British India ; † 1961 ) was a Tamil Indian scholar, writer and professor of Tamil at the University of Madras .
Life
Sethu Pillai was born in Rajavallipuram in the Tirunelveli district in 1896 . After studying law, he worked as a lawyer. He took an interest in politics after hearing a speech by Maraimalai Adigal in Palayamkottai in June 1912 . After a brief political career as vice chairman of the Tirunelveli Municipal Council , he became a teacher and taught at Annamalai University from 1930 to 1936 . In 1936 he became a senior lecturer at the University of Madras . From 1946 until his death in 1961, he succeeded Vaiyapuri Pillai as head of the Tamil department at that university. He became a professor when his position as a lecturer was converted into a full professorship in 1948. In 1955 he received the first Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil Literature for his collection of essays Tamil inbam . In 1957 he became D. Litt. honoris causa . Sethu Pillai has authored more than 25 books, including a biography of Bishop Robert Caldwell ( Caldwell Aiyar Sarithram ). His knowledge of the Tamil language earned him the nickname Sollin Selvar ("son of the word"). Sethu Pillai has been a member of its advisory body since the Sahitya Akademi was founded in 1954. He also took part in the drafting of the Tamil encyclopaedia and the last volume of the Tamil lexicon . He wrote several books in English, notably the Dravidian comparative vocabulary and the edition of Francis Whyte Ellis ' Commentary on Tirukkural .
Sethu Pillai died in 1961. In 2009 his works were nationalized by the government of Tamil Nadu . Sethu Pillai had given Mo.Pa.Si ( MP Sivagnanam ) the title Silambu Selvar and praised his knowledge of the epic Silappatikaram .
Works
- In Tamil
- தமிழகம் ஊரும் பேரும் ( Thamizhakam urum perum )
- தமிழின்பம் ( Tamil inbam )
- வேலும்வ ில்லும் ( Velum villum )
- வேலின் வெற்றி ( Velin verri )
- அலையும் கலையும் ( Alayum kalayum )
- வழிவழி வள்ளுவர் ( Vaazhi Vaazhi Valluvar )
- கால்டுவெல் ஐயர் சரித்திரம் ( Caldwell Aiyar Sarithram )
- கிருஸ்தவத் தமிழ்த் தொண்டர் ( Kristhuva Tamil tondarkal )
- திருவள்ளுவர் நூல் நயம் ( Tiruvalluvar nool nayam )
- தமிழ்நாட்டு நவமணிகள் ( Tamil nattu navamanigal )
- ஆற்றங்கரையினிலே ( Arrankarayilae )
- கடற்கரையினிலே ( Kattar karayilae )
- தமிழ்க்கவிதைக் களஞ்சியம் ( Tamil kavithai kalanchiyam )
- வீரமா நகர் ( Viramanagar )
- தமிழர் வீரம் ( Tamilar veeram )
- Tenmozhigalil palamozhigal
- சொல்லின் செல்வர் ( Sollin Selvar )
- மேடைப் பேச்சு ( Medai Pechu )
- In English
- Ellis commentary of Tirukural
- Dravidian comparative vocabulary
- Common Dravidian proverbs and words and their significance
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sumathy Ramaswamy: Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 . University of Chicago Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-520-20805-6 , chap. 2 (English, escholarship.org ).
- ↑ a b c Mohan Lal: The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature . tape 5 . Sahitya Akademi , 2006, ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3 , pp. 3925 (English, google.com ).
- ↑ Sumathy Ramaswamy: Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 . University of Chicago Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-520-20805-6 , 5.2 (English, escholarship.org ).
- ^ University of Madras - Departments: Department of Tamil Literature. University of Madras , archived from the original on June 13, 2009 ; accessed on February 24, 2010 (English).
- ^ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007. Sahitya Akademi , archived from the original on January 24, 2010 ; accessed on February 24, 2010 (English).
- ^ Budget speech 2009. Government of Tamil Nadu , archived from original on June 6, 2011 ; accessed on February 14, 2010 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sethu Pillai, RP |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ரா. பி. சேது பிள்ளை (Tamil) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tamil Indian scholar, writer and academic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rajavallipuram, Tirunelveli District , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1961 |