Sengai Aaliyan: key obituary facts
Is Sengai Aaliyan dead? Yes. Sengai Aaliyan died on February 28, 2016, at age 75.
Cause of death: Sengai Aaliyan's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Sengai Aaliyan known for?
He was a Sri Lankan Tamil writer (1941–2016).
More about Sengai Aaliyan
Sengai Aaliyan, a Sri Lankan Tamil author and writer, died on February 28, 2016, at the age of 75.
Born in Jaffna in 1941, he emerged as a writer after the 1960s and became known for both fiction and non-fiction. He also served as registrar of the University of Jaffna, and was recognized in literary circles as a critic as well as a prolific author.