Ki. Va. Jagannathan
Ki. Va. Jagannathan | |
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Born |
Krishnarayapuram Vasudevan Jagannathan 11 April 1906 Krishnarayapuram, Tamil Nadu |
Died |
4 November 1988 82) Chennai, Tamil Nadu | (aged
Occupation | Journalist, poet |
Spouse(s) | Alamelu[1] |
Ki. Va. Jagannathan b. 11 April 1906 – 4 November 1988), popularly known by his initials as Ki. Va. Ja, was a Tamil journalist, poet, writer and folklorist from Tamil Nadu, India.[2] He was a student of noted Tamil scholar and publisher U. V. Swaminatha Iyer.[3] He was the editor of the magazine Kalaimagal. In 1967, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his critical work Veerar Ulagam.[4]
References
- ↑ "Ki. Va. Jagannathan". Geni. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ↑ "The days of great Editors are over". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ Viswanathan, S. (11 March 2005). "The patriarch of Tamil". Frontline. The Hindu. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ↑ Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine. Sahitya Akademi Official website.
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