Ki. Rajanarayanan
Indian Tamil language folklorist and author · India · On the map · Writers · Lived 1922 to 2021 · aged 99
Rayala Shri Krishna Raja Narayana Perumal Ramanujam Naicker, shortened to Ki. Rajanarayanan and popularly known by his Tamil initials as Ki. Ra., was an Indian Tamil language folklorist and writer from Kovilpatti, in Tamil Nadu.
Ki. Rajanarayanan is read about 14 times a day, in 7 languages.
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Some of his popular works include Gopalla Gramam, Gopallapurathu Makkal, Mayamaan, and Nattuppura Kadhai Kalanjiyam. He was a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991.The Times of India called him the "Guardian of Tamil oral tradition".
