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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = P. Sri Acharya<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = Pichu Srinivasacharya<br />
| birth_date = 16 April 1886<br />
| birth_place = [[Thenthiruperai]], [[Thoothukudi District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| parents = Pichu Iyengar,<br>Pichu Ammal<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1981|10|28|1886|4|16}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = <br />
| known_for = Independence Activist<br />
| occupation = Journalist, Writer, Scholar<br />
}}<br />
'''P. Sri Acharya''' ({{lang-ta|பி. ஸ்ரீ ஆச்சார்யா}}, 16 April 1886 – 28 October 1981) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar, journalist and writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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 [[Indian Independence Movement|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 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his biography of [[Ramanuja]].<ref name=sahitya>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |date=2010-01-24 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=தமிழ் எங்கள் உயிருக்கு நேர்|url=http://www.dinamalar.com/kadal_thamarai/tvr08.asp|work=[[Dina Malar]]|language=Tamil}}</ref> He died in 1981.<ref>[http://www.tamilheritage.org/thfcms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222&Itemid=304 Biography of P. Sri Acharya From Dinamani]</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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===Alliance Publishers===<br />
*''Arupadai Veedugal'' (6 Volumes)<br />
*''Azhwargal Varalaaru'' (8 Volumes)<br />
*''Divya Prabandha Saaram''<br />
*''Aruna Girinadhar''<br />
*''Kandhapurana Kadhaigal''<br />
*''Naradhar''<br />
*''Navarathiri Kadhaigal''<br />
*''Rajarishi Viswamithrar''<br />
*''Thayumanavar''<br />
*''Dasavathara Kadhaigal''<br />
*''Thulli Thirindha Kalathilae''<br />
*''Avvaiyar''<br />
*''Moonru Deepangal''<br />
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===Kannadasan Publishers===<br />
(Critical Commentaries)<br />
*''Ramanum Muruganum''<br />
*''Manikkavasagarum Nammazhvarum''<br />
*''Kabirdasarum Thayumanavarum''<br />
*''Gandhiyum Leninum''<br />
*''Gandhiyum Vinobavum''<br />
*''Andalum Meeravum''<br />
*''Bharathiyum Tagorum''<br />
*''Valluvarum Socratesum''<br />
*''Nandanarum Thirupaanalwarum''<br />
*''Bharathi: Naan Kandathum Kettadhum''<br />
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===Kalaimagal Kariyalayam===<br />
*''Anbu Vazhartha Arivu Payir - Azhwargalum Acharyargalum''<br />
*''Paadum Bhaktha Manigal'' (9 Volumes)<br />
*''Moovar Erriya Mozhivilakku''<br />
*''Thonda Kulamae thozhu kulam''<br />
*''Thuyil Ezhuppiya Thondar''<br />
*''Adi Soodiya Arasu''<br />
*''Bhagawanai Valartha Bhakthar''<br />
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===Unknown publisher===<br />
*''Thiruppavai''<br />
*''Thiruvembavai''<br />
*''Kuzhandhai Valarppu Murai'' <br />
*''Sivanesa Selvar''<br />
*''Thamizh valarndha Kadhai''<br />
*''Sri Ramanujar'' 1964, Sudhesamitran Publishers, Madras.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}<br />
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[[Category:1886 births]]<br />
[[Category:1981 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil writers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thoothukudi district]]<br />
[[Category:Journalists from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Tamil people]]</div>>Dl2000