K. Kailasapathy

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.

Professor

K. Kailasapathy
க. கைலாசபதி
Born(1933-04-05)5 April 1933
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
Died6 December 1982(1982-12-06) (aged 49)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Alma materJaffna Hindu College
Royal College, Colombo
University of Ceylon
University of Birmingham
OccupationAcademic

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. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 65–66.
  2. Sriskanthadas, Bhagavdas (6 January 2008). "Kailasapathy and his interest in theatre". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
  3. Perinbanayagam, R.S.; Kantha, Sachi Sri. "Prof. K Kailasapathy Evaluated with his peers". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  4. Theva Rajan, A. (January 1983). "Kailas - The Writer, Editor, Literary Midwife and Don" (PDF). Tamil Times. II (3): 8–9.
  5. "About People: Prof. K. Kailasapathy" (PDF). Tamil Times. II (3): 12. January 1983.
  6. "Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
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