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V. I. S. Jayapalan is a Tamil writer, political commentator and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his acting debut in Vetrimaaran\'s Aadukalam (2011) and won a National Film Award for his portrayal.


Jayapalan was born in Uduvil, Jaffna and began writing in the 1970s while studying at the University of Jaffna and published his first anthology in 1986. He studied a degree in Economics during his time at the university, while also leading the student union. Since then he has published at least 12 anthologies of poetry and short fiction. As the Sri Lankan Civil War escalated, he fled to Oslo, Norway in 1988 and since then he has been living in Norway as a Norwegian citizen and was moving back and forth to South Indian state of Tamil Nadu to continue his art and literary work. In 1995, he was awarded as the best immigrant writer by the Norwegian Writers’ Association, with poetry being translated into English, Norwegian as well as in to Sinhala. In 2009, some of his poems were translated into English and published as a book in Canada - named \'Wilting Laughter’ - along with selected poems of R. Cheran and Puthuvai Raththinathurai.