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'''A. A. Manavalan''' (1937–2018) was a [[Tamil language]] Indian scholar. He was awarded [[Saraswati Samman]] (2011) for his work ''Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalyum'' (2005), which is a comparative study of [[Ramayana]] written in 48 languages including Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Tibetan, Tamil, Old Javanese, Japanese, Telugu, Assamese, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Odisi, Persian, Malay, Burmese, Maranao, Thai, Laotian and Kashmiri. He was the second person from [[Tamil Nadu]] to receive this honour, first was [[Indira Parthasarathy]]<ref>"[https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/saraswati-samman-for-tamil-scholar-aa-manavalan/775693 Saraswati Samman for Tamil Scholar A.A. Manavalan]". Outlook India. 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2020-12-05.</ref><ref>"[https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/tamil-book-to-get-saraswati-samman/story-oDNQDwfbPNousmDrOhbs2N.html Tamil book to get Saraswati Samman]". Hindustan Times. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-05.</ref><ref>Indra, C.T. (2018-12-13). "[https://www.thehindu.com/authors/prof-manavalan-a-dispassionate-comparatist/article25733015.ece Prof. Manavalan, a dispassionate comparatist]". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-05.</ref><br />
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He earned PhD degree in English literature for his doctoral dissertation ''Epic Heroism in Milton and Kamban''. He translated ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'' of [[Aristotle]] into Tamil, a first of its kind in any Indian languages.<ref>Narasiah, K R A (2018-12-05). "[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/scholar-who-crossed-linguistic-borders/articleshow/66944520.cms Scholar who crossed linguistic borders]". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-05.</ref><br />
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Manavalan died on 1 December 2018.<ref>Kolappan, B. (2018-12-05). "[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tamil-scholar-manavalan-no-more/article25666787.ece Tamil scholar Manavalan no more]". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-12-05.</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Selected works by A. A. Manavalan:<ref>[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84109148/ A. A. Manavalan on Worldcat.org]</ref><br />
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* ''Tamil research through journals : an annotated bibliography''<br />
* ''Dr. Mu. Va. : collection of research papers on Dr. Mu. Va.''<br />
* ''Mutual flames : essays in comparative literature, Tamil and English''<br />
* ''Epic heroism in Milton and Kamban''<br />
* ''A compendium of Tirukkural : translations in English''<br />
* ''Essays and tributes on Tirukkural : 1886-1986 A.D.''<br />
* ''Comparative studies in literary cultures''<br />
* ''Aristotilin Kavithai Iyal'' (Aristotle's poetics in Tamil)<br />
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