Gnanou Diagou

Gnanou Diagou
Born1877
Pondicherry, India
Died1959
NationalityIndian
OccupationLawyer
Known forTranslating Tirukkural into French
ChildrenDairianadin, Cojande

Gnanou Diagou (1877–1959) was a lawyer and professor of law in Pondicherry, India. He is known for translating the Tirukkural into French.

Biography

Gnanou Diagou hailed from a Catholic family from Pondicherry. He obtained his law degree from the Faculty of Aix in 1902.[1] He served as president of the Pondicherry Bar Association from 1934. He was also a professor of Law at Pondicherry Law School. In 1911, he founded the Historical Society of Pondicherry. He was also known as historian of French India. He translated Tamil texts into French.[2] In 1942, he translated the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil classic, into French.[3]

Works

Note: Years indicated are dates of editions.

  • Le droit civil applicable aux Musulmans de l'Inde (1984)
  • Koural by Tiruvaḷḷuvar (1942, 1968)[4][5]
  • Arrêts du Conseil supérieur de Pondichéry (1935)[6][7][8]
  • Assara Kovai: Traduit du tamoul (1950,[9] 1963, 1971)
  • Arà néry sarom: L'Essence du chemin de la vertu (1965)
  • Histoire détaillée des rois du Carnatic (1939)
  • Principes de droit hindou (1929)
  • Ramayana de Kambar: Sundara kandam (livre de la beaute) (1972)
  • Principes de Droit hindou (1929)
  • Naladiyar (1946)[9]
  • Nanmanikkadikai (1954)[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Identifiant IdRef : 028457730".
  2. ^ "Gnanou Diagou (1877-1959)". Bibliotheque Nationale de France. n.d. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ Sanjeevi, N. (1973). Bibliography on Tirukkural. In First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers. Chennai: University of Madras. p. 146.
  4. ^ Tiruvaḷḷuvar (29 July 1968). "Koural". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ Varman, Nandhi. "Translations of Sangam Tamil classics in other languages". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ française (PONDICHERRY), Société de l'Histoire de l'Inde (1935). Arrêts du Conseil Supérieur de Pondichéry. Analysés par Me Gnanou Diagou (in French).
  7. ^ "Arrêts du Conseil Supérieur de Pondiehéry, analysés par M. Gnanou-Diagou. Tome V : 1790-1794". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 26 (116): 135–136. 1938.
  8. ^ Diagou, Gnanou (1877-1959) Auteur du texte (1935–1941). Arrêts du Conseil supérieur de Pondichéry. Tome 1 / analysés par M. Gnanou Diagou,...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b c Venkataramaiah, K. M.; Linguistics, International School of Dravidian (1996). A handbook of Tamil Nadu. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. ISBN 978-81-85692-20-3.
  10. ^ Siragu. "தமிழ்ச் செவ்விலக்கிய மொழிபெயர்ப்புகள் « Siragu Tamil Online Magazine, News". Retrieved 11 February 2020.