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	==Career==		==Career==
	Srinivasa Iyengar was born on 17 April 1908. He joined the Department of English in the [[Andhra University]] which was started in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html \|title=Department of English at Andhra University. \|access-date=19 August 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511010834/http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html \|archive-date=11 May 2009 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> On 30 June 1966, he became the vice-chancellor of the [[Andhra University]] and continued till 29 November 1968. The Department of English, one of the oldest in the University, was carved out of the Department of ~~Modern~~ European Languages. He then served as vice-president of ~~Sahitya Akademi~~ from 1969 to 1977, and then its acting president from 1977 to 1978. He has served as a member of the Press Council of India, the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla from 1970 to 1979 and the CIEFL (Hyderabad) and on the executive of the P. E. N., All India Centre. He was conferred with D. Litt degrees (honoris causa) by Andhra and Sri Venkateswara Universities. His work ''On the Mother'' received the ~~Sahitya Akademi~~ annual award in 1980.<ref name="Manavalan_CompendiumOfKuralTrans">{{cite book		Srinivasa Iyengar was born on 17 April 1908. He joined the Department of English in the [[Andhra University]] which was started in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html \|title=Department of English at Andhra University. \|access-date=19 August 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511010834/http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html \|archive-date=11 May 2009 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> On 30 June 1966, he became the vice-chancellor of the [[Andhra University]] and continued till 29 November 1968. The Department of English, one of the oldest in the University, was carved out of the Department of Modernity European Languages. He then served as vice-president of Sahitiya Akadami from 1969 to 1977, and then its acting president from 1977 to 1978. He has served as a member of the Press Council of India, the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla from 1970 to 1979 and the CIEFL (Hyderabad) and on the executive of the P. E. N., All India Centre. He was conferred with D. Litt degrees (honoris causa) by Andhra and Sri Venkateswara Universities. His work ''On the Mother'' received the Sahitiya Akadami annual award in 1980.<ref name="Manavalan_CompendiumOfKuralTrans">{{cite book
	\| last = Manavalan		\| last = Manavalan
	\| first = A. A.		\| first = A. A.
	\| title = A Compendium of ''~~Tirukkural~~'' Translations in English		\| title = A Compendium of ''Thirukural'' Translations in English
	\| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil		\| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
	\| volume = 4 vols.		\| volume = 4 vols.
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	* [[Shakespeare]] (1964)		* [[Shakespeare]] (1964)
	* Education and the new India (1967)		* Education and the new India (1967)
	* Indian Writers in Council<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bjus23Wrz5EC&dq=K.+R.+Srinivasa+Iyengar~~&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=YOz-EzRAaj&sig=AfkycyWxhaP4BLT0IUAb6jN7Foo&hl=en&ei=PpiLSrb8NIb_kAX62r0m&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=&f=false~~ Complete book of Indian Writers in Council at Google Books.]</ref>		* Indian Writers in Council<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bjus23Wrz5EC&q=K.+R.+Srinivasa+Iyengar Complete book of Indian Writers in Council at Google Books.]</ref>
	* Leaves from a Log: Fragments of a Journey.		* Leaves from a Log: Fragments of a Journey.
	* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1965)		* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1965)
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'''Kodaganallur Ramaswami Srinivasa Iyengar''' (1908–1999), popularly known as '''K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar''', was an Indian writer in English, former vice-chancellor of [[Andhra University]]. He was given the prestigious [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] in 1985.

==Career==
Srinivasa Iyengar was born on 17 April 1908. He joined the Department of English in the [[Andhra University]] which was started in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html |title=Department of English at Andhra University. |access-date=19 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511010834/http://www.andhrauniversity.info/arts/english/index.html |archive-date=11 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 30 June 1966, he became the vice-chancellor of the [[Andhra University]] and continued till 29 November 1968. The Department of English, one of the oldest in the University, was carved out of the Department of Modern European Languages. He then served as vice-president of Sahitya Akademi from 1969 to 1977, and then its acting president from 1977 to 1978. He has served as a member of the Press Council of India, the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla from 1970 to 1979 and the CIEFL (Hyderabad) and on the executive of the P. E. N., All India Centre. He was conferred with D. Litt degrees (honoris causa) by Andhra and Sri Venkateswara Universities. His work ''On the Mother'' received the Sahitya Akademi annual award in 1980.<ref name="Manavalan_CompendiumOfKuralTrans">{{cite book
| last = Manavalan
| first = A. A.
| title = A Compendium of ''Tirukkural'' Translations in English
| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
| volume = 4 vols.
| date = 2010
| location = Chennai
| language = English
| isbn = 978-81-908000-2-0
}}</ref>

His lectures in Indian Writing in English at the [[University of Leeds]] were turned into the book, ''Indian Writing in English''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080213235102/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/11/stories/2007121155610800.htm Prof. Iyengar’s contribution recalled]</ref>

Iyengar in October 1972, gave a series of six lectures on [[Sri Aurobindo]]'s [[Savitri (book)|Savitri]] at the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]], [[Shimla|Simla]] covering the following themes: the Yogi and the Poet; the Savitri Legend; Aswapati the Forerunner; Savitri and Satyavan; Savitri's Yoga; Dawn to greater Dawn.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.savitrithelightofthesupreme.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/5/4143930.html |title=Savitri: the light of the Supreme blog |access-date=19 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000308/http://www.savitrithelightofthesupreme.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/5/4143930.html |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Iyengar wrote extensively on British, American and Commonwealth literatures, comparative aesthetics, and the spiritual heritage of India. He has authored more than 40 books.<ref name="Manavalan_CompendiumOfKuralTrans"/>

==Literary works==
* [[Lytton Strachey]] (1938)
* Indo-Anglian Literature (1943)
* Literature and authorship in India (1943)
* The Indian contribution to English literature (1945)
* [[Sri Aurobindo]] - Biography (1945)<ref>Complete book of Sri Aurobindo Biography at scribd.</ref>
* [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], the man and the poet (1948)
* On the Mother (1952)
* [[Shakespeare]] (1964)
* Education and the new India (1967)
* Indian Writers in Council<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bjus23Wrz5EC&dq=K.+R.+Srinivasa+Iyengar&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=YOz-EzRAaj&sig=AfkycyWxhaP4BLT0IUAb6jN7Foo&hl=en&ei=PpiLSrb8NIb_kAX62r0m&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=&f=false Complete book of Indian Writers in Council at Google Books.]</ref>
* Leaves from a Log: Fragments of a Journey.
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1965)
* Mainly academic talks to students and teachers (1968)
* [[Guru Nanak]] - A Homage (1973)
* Indian Writing in English (1983)
* Australia helix (1983)
* [[Sitayana]] (1987)
* English translation of the [[Tirukkural]] (1988)
* Saga of seven mothers (1991)
* Krishna-geetam (1994)

==See also==
* [[Tirukkural translations into English]]
* [[List of translators into English]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214105302/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/11/stories/2007121155610800.htm ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080310013703/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/07/stories/2008030759350300.htm ]

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