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Ki. Va. Jagannathan
Writer

Ki. Va. Jagannathan

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Interpreting Tamil literature and editing Kalaimagal.

Virar Ulagam · Malai Aruvi

Born
11 April 1906
Birthplace
Unknown
Died
4 November 1988

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Ki. Va. Jagannathan

Ki. Va. Jagannathan was an Indian Tamil scholar, critic and folklorist whose writing included literary commentary and collections of folk songs.

Early life

Training

Studied with Tamil scholar U. V. Swaminatha Iyer.

Career

  1. Editorial career

    Kalaimagal

    Edited the Tamil magazine.

  2. 1967

    Sahitya Akademi

    Won the Tamil award for Virar Ulagam.

Selected work

Virar Ulagam

His award-winning study.

Malai Aruvi

A collection of folk songs.

Thirumurugattruppadai

Wrote an interpretation of the devotional text.

Beyond work

Family

Married Alamelu in 1932. His life was later the subject of a biography by Nirmala Mohan in the Sahitya Akademi's series on Indian literary figures.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Family — biographical source ↗

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