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Ra Ki Rangarajan (1922-2012)

       Prolific Tamil author Ra Ki Rangarajan -- apparently popularly known as 'Ki Ra' (கி. ரா.) -- has passed away -- noteworthy, among other reasons, because he sounds like he was truly impressively prolific: as Sudhangan writes in the Deccan Chronicle:
In his 43 years' stint in Kumudam, he became a household name among Tamil readers. He wrote more than 3,500 short stories and over 1,000 novels that included several translated works like Papillon and the Sydney [sic] Sheldon novels.
       One problem with being so prolific ? As the Times of India reports:
Ra Ki, as he was popularly known, had been a virtual writing machine, week after week churning out stories for Kumudam. He wrote under 10 different pseudonyms, only to regret it later, when recognition and awards refused to come his way as people thought the 10 were different writers.
       (Don't feel too bad: over the long term he does seem to have done okay, recognition and awards-wise, despite all the pen-names ....)

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