M. Anantanarayanan
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Madhavaiah Anantanarayanan (1 May 1907 – 18 November 1981), (son of A. Madhaviah- one of the earliest Indian novelists to write in English), was an Indian lawyer and civil servant who served as the Chief Justice of Madras State (later Tamil Nadu) from 1966 to 1969.The Silver Pilgrimage (1961) is his only published novel,which is influenced by Dandin's Dasakumaracharitha or the adventures of ten princes.
Anantanarayanan was born in Madras on 1 May 1907 to a Vadama Iyer Brahmin family, and had his schooling at Sir M. Ct. Muthiah High School and the Hindu High School. He did his graduation at the Presidency College, Madras and post-graduation at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
