Srinivasan MP

2012 Chekkilar Research Centre Award, Chennai.2015 Vallal Sadayappa Award, Madurai Kamban Kalakam, Madurai.2011 Dr. Mu. Va. Ilakkiya Memorial Award, Kavithai Uravu Association, Chennai.

Biography

M.P. Srinivasan popularly known an ‘Mapesee’ was born in 1943, in a small village called Sendi Udayanathapuram near Sivagangai. After graduation in economics, he did his post graduation in Tamil in Thiyagarajar college, Madurai.He retired as a professor of Tamil after 34 years of meritorious service. He loved and learned Alwars works and scholarly commentaries on them. Besides obtaining Ph.D in the same domain, he has also written many books covering literary criticism, comparative studies, monograph and Biography. He compiled and edited a few books, including ‘Nalayira Divya Prabhandam’