Indian translator and multilingual scholar (1932–2021)
Harihara Iyer Balasubramaniam (10 April 1932 – 2 April 2021) was an Indian translator and multilingual scholar in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit and English. Balasubramaniam translated Tolkaappiyam and the poems of Subramania Bharati into Hindi.
He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
Early life.
Balasubramaniam was born on 10 April 1932, in Kayamkulam municipal village of Alappuzha district in present day Kerala. Father S.Harihara Iyer and mother P.Sivakami Ammal migrated to Thiruvananthapuram from Azhvarkurichchi of Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu. Balasubramaniam’s younger brothers are H. Parameswaran and H. Padmanabhan were also multilingual scholars and were involved in Translation works. Younger sister Alamelu Krishnan is also a multilingual scholar and involved in translation works. He was also awarded Sahitya Akademi Award.
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