Key facts
- Born
- 24 April 1934, Cuddalore
- Died
- 8 April 2015, Chennai
- State of birth
- Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker
- Gender
- Male
Biography
D. Jayakanthan, popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others.
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Timeline
- 1934Born in Cuddalore
- 1972Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil
- 2002Awarded the Jnanpith Award
- 2015Dies in Chennai
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Arunankapilan