A. S. Gnanasambanthan (Tamil: அ. ச.
ஞானசம௠பந௠தன௠; 10 November 1916 â€" 27 August
2002), was a Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic from Tamil
Nadu, India. He is also known by his Tamil initials asAa. Sa.
Gna.Gnanasambanthan was born in Arasankudi near Kallanai in
Tiruchirapalli district. His parents were Aa. Mu. Saravana Mudaliar
and Sivakami. His father was a noted Tamil scholar, who had
co-authored a commentary on Thiruvilayadal Puranam, a 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 Gnanasambanthan to switch his major to Tamil.
During his time at Annamalai University, he befriended noted scholars
like V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, 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.
ஞானசம௠பந௠தன௠; 10 November 1916 â€" 27 August
2002), was a Tamil writer, scholar and literary critic from Tamil
Nadu, India. He is also known by his Tamil initials asAa. Sa.
Gna.Gnanasambanthan was born in Arasankudi near Kallanai in
Tiruchirapalli district. His parents were Aa. Mu. Saravana Mudaliar
and Sivakami. His father was a noted Tamil scholar, who had
co-authored a commentary on Thiruvilayadal Puranam, a 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 Gnanasambanthan to switch his major to Tamil.
During his time at Annamalai University, he befriended noted scholars
like V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, 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.
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