His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), the founder-acharya* of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), was the foremost proponent and teacher of Krishna consciousness devotional service to the Supreme Person, Krishna of the late twentieth century. Srila Prabhupada, as he''s known to his followers, translated and commented on over eighty volumes of the most important sacred bhakti texts.