K. D. Thirunavukkarasu

K. D. Thirunavukkarasu (1931–1989) was an Indian Tamil scholar, writer, critic and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.

Thirunavukkarasu was 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). He died in 1989.

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)