Nationality Indian Parents Pichu Iyengar Died October 28, 1981 | Name P. Acharya Known for Independence Activist | |
Full Name P. Srinivasacharya Born 16 April 1886 Thenthiruperai, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India Occupation Journalist, Writer, Scholar | ||
P. Sri Acharya (Tamil: பி. ஸ்ரீ ஆச்சார்யா, April 16, 1886 - October 28, 1981) was a Tamil scholar, journalist and writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
Biography
Acharya was born in Thenthiruperai, Thoothukudi District in 1886 to Pichu Iyengar and Pichu Ammal. His full birth name was P. Srinivasacharya, which was later shortened to P. Sri Acharya and further to P. Sri. He was educated at MDT Hindu College, Tirunelveli. He was a friend of the nationalist poet Subramania Bharathi and under his influence become an independence activist. At the insistence of C. Rajagopalachari he started reading Tamil literature and it soon became his primary field of expertise. He also published a journal titled Grama Paribalanam (lit. Administration of Villages) briefly. Later he worked as a journalist for the journal Kumaran. At Kalki Krishnamurthy's invitation he joined Ananda Vikatan. He ended his journalistic career as the editor of Dina Mani. In 1965, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his biography of Ramanuja. He died in 1981.