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Puducherry: Tamil writer Ki. Rajanarayanan fondly called a KiRa passed away at his home in Puducherry on Monday night. He was 98 and is survived by two sons. KiRa was born in Idaiseval village near Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu on September 14, 1923. He became a professor of folklore on Pondicherry University in 1989. He wrote folklores, novels, essays and short stories.
KiRa suffered from ill-health at his young age and was diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was a seventh-grade dropout from school and started his literature career only at the age of 30. His first short story ‘Mayamaan’ was published in ‘Saraswathi’ Magazine in 1959.
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The grand old man of Tamil Literature won Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ‘Gopallapurathu Makkal’ in 1991. The story of an award-winning novel was based on the lives of Telugu people who migrated to southern parts of Tamil Nadu. He served as a member of Sahitya Akademi General Council & advisory board from 1998 to 2002.
One of the feats he achieved was a film based on his novel ‘Kidai’ screened at an international film festival of India in 2003. Due to old-age ailments, he was bed-ridden for the past few months and breathed his last on Monday night.
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