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|birth_place = Rajavallipuram
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|education = Master of Arts, Bachelor of Law
|employer = [[Madras University]]
|occupation = Lawyer, Professor
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'''R. P. Sethu Pillai''' ({{lang-ta|ரா. பி. சேது பிள்ளை}}) (1896–1961), was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar, writer and professor of Tamil at the [[University of Madras]].<ref name="sumathy">{{cite book |first=Sumathy|last=Ramaswamy|year=1997|title= Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-20805-6|oclc=36084635|url=http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft5199n9v7&chunk.id=ch2&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ch2&brand=eschol|page=Chapter 2}}</ref><ref name="akademi1">{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Mohan |title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2006|volume=5|pages=3925|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3925}}</ref>

==Biography==
Sethu pillai was born at Rajavallipuram, [[Tirunelveli District]] in 1896. He was educated and practiced as a lawyer. He became interested in Tamil after listening to a speech of [[Maraimalai Adigal]] at [[Palayamkottai]] in June 1912.<ref name="sumathy2">{{cite book |first=Sumathy|last=Ramaswamy|year=1997|title= Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0-520-20805-6|oclc=36084635|url=http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft5199n9v7;chunk.id=s1.5.27;doc.view=print|page=Chapter 5.2}}</ref> After a brief career in politics (he was the Vice Chairman of the Tirunelveli Municipal Council), he became a teacher. During 1930-36, he taught at [[Annamalai University]]. In 1936, he became a senior lecturer at the Madras University. In 1946, he succeeded [[S. Vaiyapuri Pillai|Prof. Vaiyapuri Pillai]] as the Reader of Tamil and the Head of the Tamil department in the University. In 1948, the readership was converted to a full professorship and he became Professor of Tamil. From 1946 till his death in 1961 he was the Head of the Tamil department.<ref name="akademi1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unom.ac.in/marinaktamliterature.html |title=University of Madras - Departments : Department of Tamil Literature |work=[[University of Madras]] |accessdate=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613000619/http://www.unom.ac.in/marinaktamliterature.html |archivedate=13 June 2009 }}</ref> In 1955, he won the first ever [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil language|Tamil]] for his series of essays titled ''Tamil inbam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm#tamil%20Tamil%20Sahitya%20Akademi%20Awards%201955-2007 |title=Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 |work=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |accessdate=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124032426/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10320.htm |archivedate=24 January 2010 }}</ref> In 1957, he was awarded a D. Litt degree (''honoris causa''). Sethu pillai was a scholar of Tamil and wrote more than twenty five books. Among his notable works is his biography of Bishop [[Robert Caldwell]] titled ''Caldwell Aiyar Sarithram''. He was popularly called ''Sollin Selvar'' (lit. the child of the word) for his proficiency in Tamil. He was a member of the Tamil advisory board for the [[Sahitya Akademi]] since its inception in 1954. He was involved in the creation of the Tamil encyclopaedia and the last volume of the Tamil lexicon. He also wrote a number of books and articles in English. The most noted among them is his edition of [[Francis Whyte Ellis]]' commentary of [[Tirukkural]] and ''Dravidian comparative vocabulary''. Sethu pillai died in 1961.<ref name="akademi1"/> In 2009, Sethu Pillai's works were nationalised by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/budget/budsp_2009_10_3.htm|title=Budget speech 2009|work=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|accessdate=24 February 2010}}</ref>He was the one to give the title 'Silambu Selvar' to [[Ma. Po. Si.]](M.P.Sivagnanam) praising the immense knowledge he had in the field of [[Silappatikaram]] epic.

==Bibliography==
===Tamil===
*''Thamizhakam oorum perum''
*''Tamil inbam''
*''Velum villum''
*''Velin verri''
*''Alayum kalayum''
*''Vaazhi Vaazhi Valluvar''
*''Caldwell Aiyar Sarithram''
*''Kristhuva Tamil tondarkal''
*''Tiruvalluvar nool nayam''
*''Tamil nattu navamanigal''
*''Aatrangkarayinile''
*''Kattar karayilae''
*''Tamil kavithai kalanchiyam''
*''Viramanagar''
*''Tamilar veeram''
*''Tenmozhigalil palamozhigal''
*''Sollin Selvar''
*''Medai Pechu''

===English===
*Ellis commentary of Tirukural
*Dravidian comparative vocabulary
*Common Dravidian proverbs and words and their significance

==References==
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}

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[[Category:Tamil writers]]
[[Category:People from Tirunelveli district]]
[[Category:Annamalai University faculty]]

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