Ki.Rajanarayanan (Dead) Wiki, Age, Biography, Books, Images

Ki. Rajanarayanan aka Ki Ra, a veteran writer, and Tamil folklorist passed away on Monday due to an age-related illness. He is the winner of the Sahitya Akademi award. At a young age, he was suffered from tuberculosis and dropped out of school after seventh. His first literary career was started at age 30 and wrote the first short story “Mayamaan” in 1959. He worked as a professor of folklore at the Tamil Department of Pondicherry University. He also worked with communists and raised a voice for peasant’s rebellion. Gopallagramam, Kidai, Karisal Kaatu Kaduthasi are some of the wonderful novels that caught the attention of readers and used for dialects.

Chief Minister MK Stalin paid a tribute and offered his condolences to the family and readers of Ki. Ra. and also added ‘His demise would be great loss in the field of Tamil literature’ The writers, literature artists, and media persons and took to social network and mourn for Ki. Ra loss. He was 98

Ki. Ra Biography

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Ki. Ra Books, Novels, Essays

Here’s the some of the great writings from Ki. Ra

• Gopallapurathu makkal (Novel)
• Anthaman nayakkar (Novel)
• Karisal kaatu kadidhasi (Essay)
• Puthaga kaathalar (Essay)
• Penn manam (Folktales)
• Peruviral kullan (Folktales)
• Karisal kathaigal (Short Stories)
• Kalavu (Short Stories)

Ki. Ra Achievements and Awards

• Tamil valarchi araichi mandram award
• Ilakkiya chinthanai award (1979)
• Best writer” award from Santhome International Christian Society (1990)
• Sahitya akademi award for his novel “Gopallapurarthu Makkal” (1991)
• M.A. Chidambaram award (2008)
• Literary achievement special award (2016)

Ki. Ra Images

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