Ambalavaner Sivanandan
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 |
| Occupations | 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), commonly referred to as A. Sivanandan or "Siva", was a Sri Lankan Tamil novelist, activist and writer, director of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a London-based think tank. 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.