K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (born 1931) is a Tamil scholar, writer, critic and translator from Tamil Nadu, India. Thirunavukkarasu is an alumnus of Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai. 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 Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam (lit. Thirukkural, a moralist literature). 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 1931 births Living people 20th-century Indian translators Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Tamil writers Indian literary critics Writers from Chennai Indian Tamil people