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Chelva Kanaganayakam (C. Kanaganayakam) was born on 7 May, 1952 in Colombo, Ceylon, is a Tamil-Canadian academic (1952–2014). Discover Chelva Kanaganayakam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As C. Kanaganayakam
Occupation Academic
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May 1952
Birthday 7 May
Birthplace Colombo, Ceylon
Date of death 22 November, 2014
Died Place Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Sri Lanka

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1952

Professor Chelvanayakam Kanaganayakam (செல்வநாயகம் கனகநாயகம்; May 7, 1952 – November 22, 2014) was a Tamil Canadian translator, author and academic.

Kanaganayakam was born on May 7, 1952, in Colombo, Ceylon.

He was the son of V. Chelvanayakam, head of the Department of Tamil at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, and Kamalambikai.

He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy.

After school Kanaganayakam joined the University of Sri Lanka Peradeniya campus but following Osmund Jayaratne's "re-organisation" of universities, he and other language and literature students were moved to the university's campus in Kelaniya.

1976

He graduated in 1976 with a B.A. degree in English language and literature.

Kanaganayakam was married to Thirumagal.

They had a daughter (Shankary) and a son (Jegan).

1985

Kanaganayakam was a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Jaffna before joining the University of British Columbia on a Commonwealth scholarship, receiving a Ph.D. degree in 1985 after producing a thesis, supervised by W. H. New, on the writings of Zulfikar Ghose.

1989

Kanaganayakam joined the University of Toronto's Department of English in 1989 to research and teach Commonwealth literature.

2002

Appointed a professor in 2002, he went on to become director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and co-ordinator of the independent studies program at Trinity College, Toronto.

Kanaganayakam was a founding member of the Tamil Literary Garden and the Toronto Tamil Studies Conference.

2014

On the morning of November 22, 2014, Kanaganayakam was inducted to the Royal Society of Canada as a fellow in Quebec City.

That evening, as he went to a celebratory dinner in Montreal, he suffered a heart attack and died.

Kanaganayakam wrote, translated and edited several books: