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词条 R. Sivagurunathan
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Later life

  4. References

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Kalasuri Ratnadurai Sivagurunathan was a (7 October 1931 – 9 August 2003) Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, academic and editor of Thinakaran.

Early life

Sivagurunathan was born on 7 October 1931 in Kantharamadam in northern Ceylon.[1][2][3] He was educated at St. John's College, Jaffna, Jaffna Hindu College and Zahira College, Colombo.[1][2][3] After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.[1][2][3] He then entered Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an advocate.[2]

Career

Sivagurunathan joined the Thinakaran in 1955 and worked as a reporter, sub-editor and lobby correspondent.[1][2][3] He also worked for the Dinamina, another newspaper published by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited.[1] He was appointed news editor of the Thinakaran in 1957, becoming its chief editor in 1961.[1][2][3] He held this position until 1994.[1]

Sivagurunathan obtained a MA degree from the University of Jaffna whilst working as a journalist.[1][2][3] He was president of Working Journalists Association of Sri Lanka and a member of the Press Council.[1][2][3]

Later life

Sivagurunathan was a visiting lecturer at Sri Lanka Law College and the Open University of Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Sivagurunathan was president of Colombo Tamil Sangam and was awarded the Kalasuri title, a Sri Lankan national honour, for his services to journalism.[1][2][3]

Sivagurunathan died on 9 August 2003 in Colombo.[1]

References

1. ^10 11 {{cite news|title=Veteran Tamil newspaper Editor Sivagurunathan passes away|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=9606|newspaper=TamilNet|date=9 August 2003}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Veteran journalist Siva dies|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/08/11/new25.html|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=11 August 2003|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217214146/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/08/11/new25.html|archivedate=17 February 2007|df=}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Maniccavasagar|first=Chelvatamby|title=Kalasuri R. Sivagurunathan: A veteran journalist|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/09/07/fea06.asp|newspaper=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=7 September 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130619214132/http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/09/07/fea06.asp|archivedate=19 June 2013|df=}}
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