Jesuit Fr. Constanzo Beschi: Author Of Greatest Piece Of Tamil Literature, Subject? Jesus Christ

Fr. Constanzo Beschi, S.J., also known under his Tamil name of Vīramāmunivar (Tamil: வீரமாமுனிவர்) or Constantine Joseph Beschi (in English) (8 November 1680, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Mantova, Italy - 4 February 1747, Ambazhakad, Kerala, India) was an Italian Jesuit priest, Missionary in South-India, and renowned poet in the Tamil language. Link (here)

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Thembavani [1] (The Unfading Garland), one of the Tamil classics,a poetical work of Veeramamunivar (Constanzo Beschi),on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

This Tamil "Divina Comedia" is divided into thirty-six cantos, containing 3,615 stanzas. "It is," says Baumgartner, "the noblest epic poem in honor of St.Joseph written in any literature, East or West."

Tamil, one of the most difficult language of South India Beschi produced a poem which for richness and beauty of language. For elegance of meter, popular treatment, and true poetical conception and execution, is the peer of the native classics. Beschi occupies a special place in Tamil literature, something that the fifth world Tamil Congress held at Madurai in January 1981 proudly acknowledged by erecting his statue in the city along with others who have made similar contributions. Beschi composed three Tamil grammars and three dictionaries, Tamil-Latin, Tamil-Portuguese and Tamil-Tamil. His magnum opus, the Thembavani is considered by experts to this day as one of the best Tamil works ever written. Link (here)