M. A. Nuhman
Macbool Alimmohamed Nuhman (born 10 August 1944) is a Sri Lankan linguist and academic. He is a poet, literary critic and translator and has published numerous books. Early life. Nuhman was born on 10 August 1944 in Kalmunai in south eastern Ceylon. He was educated at Wesley High School in Kalmunai. Career. After school Nuhman taught in Periya Kinniya before receiving training at Addalaichenai Teachers Training College. He then taught in Polonnaruwa District and Kalmunai. He joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo in 1971, graduating from the University of Sri Lanka in 1973 with a BA and  BPhil degree in linguistics. Nuhman was a lecturer in Tamil and linguistics at the University of Sri Lanka Jaffna campus, and its successor the University of Jaffna, from 1976 to 1990. He received a MA degree from the University of Jaffna in 1982 after producing a thesis on Tamil wordage of Muslims in the Batticaloa region. He received a Ph.D. degree from Annamalai University after producing a research paper titled "A Contrastive Study of the Structure of the Noun Phrase in Tamil and Sinhala". Nuhman joined the University of Peradeniya as a senior lecturer in 1991 and in 2001 he  was promoted to professor of Tamil. He was visiting professor in linguistics at Tamil University in Thanjavur. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Malaya and the SIM University. He was an academic consultant for the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka and the Open University of Sri Lanka. He retired in 2009. Nuhman was a member of the board of directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. He was a member of the Official Language Commission and the academic board of the National Institute of Language Education and Training . He was a member of the advisory board of the University of Colombo's Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies. He is a member of the advisory board of the Noolaham Foundation. Works. Nuhman has published more than 30 books including: