K. Kailasapathy
| Professor K. Kailasapathy | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Native name | க. கைலாசபதி |
| Born |
5 April 1933 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
| Died |
6 December 1982 (aged 49) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
| Alma mater |
Jaffna Hindu College Royal College, Colombo University of Ceylon University of Birmingham |
| Occupation | Academic |
Kanagasabapathy Kailasapathy (5 April 1933 – 6 December 1982) was a Sri Lankan journalist and academic. He was the first president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Early life and family
Kailasapathy was born on 5 April 1933 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.[1] His family moved from Malaya to Ceylon.[2] He was then educated at the Jaffna Hindu College and Royal College, Colombo.[2][3] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.[1][4] Whilst at Peradeniya Kailasapathy wrote for Virakesari and Tholkappiyam.[4] He then went to University of Birmingham from where he obtained a Phd after producing a thesis on Tamil heroic poetry in 1968.[2][4]
Kailasapathy married Sarvamangalam, daughter of N. Manicka Idaikaddar.[1] They had two daughters.[1]
Career
After university Kailasapathy joined Lake House as a journalist.[1] He became editor of the weekly edition of Thinakaran and then served as its editor-in-chief of between 1959 and 1961.[1][4][5]
Kailasapathy then left journalism to take up a career in academia. He served as president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka between August 1974 and July 1977.[5][6]
Kailasapathy wrote numerous articles and more than ten books during his life.[2]
Death
Kailasapathy died on 6 December 1982 at the Colombo General Hospital.[1][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 65–66.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sriskanthadas, Bhagavdas (6 January 2008). "Kailasapathy and his interest in theatre". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Perinbanayagam, R.S.; Kantha, Sachi Sri. "Prof. K Kailasapathy Evaluated with his peers". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Theva Rajan, A. (January 1983). "Kailas - The Writer, Editor, Literary Midwife and Don" (PDF). Tamil Times II (3): 8–9.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "About People: Prof. K. Kailasapathy" (PDF). Tamil Times II (3): 12. January 1983.
- ↑ "Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.