Ambalavaner Sivanandan

Ambalavaner Sivanandan
Born(1923-12-20)20 December 1923
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Died3 January 2018(2018-01-03) (aged 94)
London, England
Other namesA. Sivanandan; Siva
EducationSt. Joseph's College, Colombo
Alma materUniversity of Ceylon
Occupation(s)Novelist, activist, writer
Known forDirector of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
Notable workWhen Memory Dies (1997)
AwardsCommonwealth Writers' Prize

Ambalavaner Sivanandan (20 December 1923 – 3 January 2018),[1] commonly referred to as A. Sivanandan or "Siva",[2] was a Sri Lankan Tamil and British novelist, activist and writer, emeritus director of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a London-based independent educational charity.[3] His first novel, When Memory Dies, won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Best First Book category for Europe and South Asia. He left Sri Lanka after the 1958 riots.

  1. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (4 January 2018). "A. Sivanandan (1923-2018): A 'Black intellectual' from Sri Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ Younge, Gary (7 February 2018). "Ambalavaner Sivanandan obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ "A. Sivanandan". IRR. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.