Ambalavaner Sivanandan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 December 1923 Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 3 January 2018 (aged 94) London, England |
| Other names | A. Sivanandan; Siva |
| Education | St. Joseph's College, Colombo |
| Alma mater | University of Ceylon |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, activist, writer |
| Known for | Director of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) |
| Notable work | When Memory Dies (1997) |
| Awards | Commonwealth 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.
- ^ Srinivasan, Meera (4 January 2018). "A. Sivanandan (1923-2018): A 'Black intellectual' from Sri Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Younge, Gary (7 February 2018). "Ambalavaner Sivanandan obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "A. Sivanandan". IRR. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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