{"id":99933,"date":"2022-09-19T17:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=99933"},"modified":"2022-09-19T17:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:56:03","slug":"writer-k-s-sivakumaran-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/writer-k-s-sivakumaran-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer K.S.Sivakumaran passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993366;\">Writer K.S.Sivakumaran passes away<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99934\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kailayar-Sellanainar-Sivakumaran.jpg\" alt=\"Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2022\/09\/19\/local\/287480\/writer-kssivakumaran-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The death occurred on Friday of veteran journalist, writer and literary critic Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran, more popularly known as K.S. Sivakumaran (86), a regular contributor to the Sunday Observer and the Daily News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sivakumaran was a trilingual writer who especially focused on Tamil cinema and Tamil and English literary works. He has published 30 books in Tamil and two in English. He worked for the \u201cVirakesari\u201d as a journalist for a number of years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the sixth edition of the Jaffna International Cinema Festival in December 2020 for his contribution to local cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He also occasionally wrote on Sinhala books and movies. He was also a well-known radio and TV personality. He worked as a teacher for some time. An old boy of Hindu College, Colombo and St.Joseph\u2019s College, Colombo, Sivakumaran later graduated from the University of Peradeniya. He is survived by two children and four grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The remains will be at A.F. Raymond Funeral Parlour on Tuesday (20) from 8.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. after which the funeral will take place at the General Cemetery, Kanatte.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer K.S.Sivakumaran passes away Source:Dailynews The death occurred on Friday of veteran journalist, writer and literary critic Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran, more popularly known as K.S. Sivakumaran (86), a regular contributor to the Sunday Observer and the Daily News. Sivakumaran was a trilingual writer who especially focused on Tamil cinema and Tamil and English literary works. 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