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K. Kailasapathy
Sri Lankan journalist and academic (1933–1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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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]
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Death
Kailasapathy died on 6 December 1982 at the Colombo General Hospital.[1][5]
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