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M. A. Nuhman
M. A. Nuhman
எம். ஏ. நுஃமான்
Born	10 August 1944 (age 80); Kalmunai, Eastern Province, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Education	University of Sri Lanka; University of Jaffna; Annamalai University
Occupation	Academic

Macbool Alimmohamed Nuhman (born 10 August 1944) is a Sri Lankan linguist and academic. He is a poet, literary critic and translator and has published numerous books.

Early life

Nuhman was born on 10 August 1944 in Kalmunai in south eastern Ceylon.^[1]^[2] He was educated at Wesley High School in Kalmunai.^[2]

Career

After school Nuhman taught in Periya Kinniya before receiving training at Addalaichenai Teachers Training College.^[1] He then taught in Polonnaruwa District and Kalmunai.^[1] He joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo in 1971, graduating from the University of Sri Lanka in 1973 with a BA and BPhil degree in linguistics.^[1]^[3]

Nuhman was a lecturer in Tamil and linguistics at the University of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus, and its successor the University of Jaffna, from 1976 to 1990.^[4] He received a MA degree from the University of Jaffna in 1982 after producing a thesis on Tamil wordage of Muslims in the Batticaloa region.^[1]^[3] He received a Ph.D. degree from Annamalai University after producing a research paper titled A Contrastive Study of the Structure of the Noun Phrase in Tamil and Sinhala.^[1]^[4]

Nuhman joined the University of Peradeniya as a senior lecturer in 1991 and in 2001 he was promoted to professor of Tamil.^[1]^[2] He was visiting professor in linguistics at Tamil University in Thanjavur.^[1] He was also a visiting professor at the University of Malaya and the SIM University.^[1]^[3]^[4] He was an academic consultant for the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka and the Open University of Sri Lanka.^[1]^[4] He retired in 2009.^[1]^[3]

Nuhman was a member of the board of directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.^[3] He was a member of the Official Language Commission and the academic board of the National Institute of Language Education and Training.^[3] He was a member of the advisory board of the University of Colombo's Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies.^[3] He is a member of the advisory board of the Noolaham Foundation.^[4]

Works

Nuhman has published more than 30 books including:

தாத்தாமாரும் பேரர்களும் (Grandparents and Grandsons) (Readers Association, 1977)
இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டு ஈழத்துத் தமிழ் இலக்கியம் (Twentieth Century Eelam Tamil Literature) (Readers Association, 1979; co-authors C. Maunakuru and Chitralekha Maunaguru)
பலஸ்தீனக் கவிதைகள் (Palestinian Poems) (Readers Association, 1981)
அழியா நிழல்கள் (Immortal Shadows) (Narmada Publishing, 1982)
மழை நாட்கள் வரும் (Rainy Days are Coming) (Annam, 1983)^[1]
பதினொரு ஈழத்துக் கவிஞர்கள் (Eleven Eelam Poets) (Kalachuvadu, 1984; co-editor A. Yesurasa)^[1]
பாரதியின் மொழிச் சிந்தனைகள்: ஒரு மொழியியல் நோக்கு (Bharathi's Language Ideas: A Linguistic Perspective) (University of Jaffna, 1984)
திறனாய்வுக் கட்டுரைகள் (Review Articles) (Annam, 1985)
மார்க்சியமும் இலக்கியத் திறனாய்வும் (Marxism and Literary Criticism) (1985)^[4]
Communication, Language and Modernization (1993)^[4]
அடிப்படைத் தமிழ் இலக்கணம் (Basic Tamil Grammar) (Readers Association, 1999)^[1]
மஹாகவியின் மூன்று நாடகங்கள் (Mahakavi's Three Plays) (National Art Literary Council, 2000)
ஆரம்ப இடைநிலை வகுப்புகளில் தமிழ் மொழி கற்பித்தல் (Teaching Tamil Language in Early Intermediate Classes) (Colombo Tamil Association, 2002)
Lankan Mosaic: Translation of Sinhala and Tamil Short Stories (Colombo, Three Wheeler Press, 2002; co-editors Ashley Halpe, Ranjini Obeyesekere)^[4]
A Contrastive Grammar of Tamil and Sinhala Noun Phrase (University of Peradeniya, 2003; ISBN 9789555890595)^[4]
Understanding Sri Lankan Muslim Identity (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2004)
மொழியும் இலக்கியமும் (Language and Literature) (Kalachuvadu, 2006)^[1]^[4]
Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Identity within Cultural Diversity (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2007; ISBN 9789555801096)^[4]
Lost Evenings, Lost Lives: Tamil Poets from Sri Lanka's War (Arc Publications, 2015; co-authors V. I. S. Cheran and V. I. S. Jayapalan; ISBN 9781904614999)