Ki. Rajanarayanan
Ki. Rajanarayanan | |
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| Born | 16 September 1923 Idaiseval, Tinnively District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 17 May 2021 (aged 97) Lawspet, Puducherry, India |
| Pen name | Ki. Ra. |
| Language | Tamil |
| Period | 1938–2021 |
| Genre | Short story, novel |
| Subject | Folklores, Rural life |
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| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award 1991 |
| Spouse |
Kanavathi Ammal
(m. 1954; died 2019) |
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| Website | |
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Rayala Shri Krishna Raja Narayana Perumal Ramanujam Naicker (16 September 1923 – 17 May 2021), shortened to Ki. Rajanarayanan and popularly known by his Tamil initials as Ki. Ra., was an Indian Tamil language folklorist and writer from Kovilpatti, in Tamil Nadu. Some of his popular works include Gopalla Grammam (transl. Gopalla Village), Gopallapurathu Makkal (transl. The People of Gopallapuram), Mayamaan (transl. The Magical Deer), and Nattuppura Kadhai Kalanjiyam (transl. Collection of Country Tales). He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991.The Times of India called him the "Guardian of Tamil oral tradition".