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Wickramasinghe visited Cuba on the invitation of the Cuban Government in 1968. In 1973, Wickramasinghe wrote a new biography of Buddha titled Bava Taranaya. In it the great teacher's change from royal heir in-waiting to philosopher-mendicant is portrayed as being a result of his sympathy to the poor and the downtrodden of society.
Following the electoral defeat, UNP deputy leader Ruwan Wijewardena stated that Wickramasinghe won’t contest the upcoming parliamentary election. [194] However, Wickramasinghe actively campaigned for the parties that supported him during the presidential elections, contesting under the New Democratic Front .
Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum is located in Koggala, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Named after the writer Martin Wickramasinghe, who had been considered as the father of modern Sinhala literature. The museum complex consists of Wickramasinghe's childhood home and a folk museum. It is also the location of the final resting place of ...
Gamperaliya (The Transformation of a Village) is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe [2] and first published in 1944. Wickremasinghe subsequently wrote Kaliyugaya and Yuganthaya, as a trilogy encompassing three generation of the same family and the changing society, culture and economic environment of Sri Lanka between the early and mid 20th century.
Wilson Punnasoma Abeywardena Wickremasinghe (25 December 1899 – ?) was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament. [1]He was the older brother of Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe, the leader of the Communist Party of Ceylon.
Wickremasinghe, Wickremesinghe or Wickramasinghe is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname.
Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village.
Apē Gama (Sinhala:අපේ ගම, Tamil:எங்கள் கிராமம்) (lit.Our Village) [1] is a semi-autobiographical book by Sri Lankan author Martin Wickramasinghe detailing the narrator's experiences as a child in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.