# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jayakanthan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:59.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jayakanthan"
name: "Jayakanthan"
slug: "jayakanthan"
description: "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."
tagline: "Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-04-24"
deathDate: "2015-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             0.4621380846325167
  historical:           13.93431066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1698574"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump