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Sri Lankan. Occupation (s) novelist, poet, journalist, and radio play writer. Children. Deepa Senevirathna, Amila Kodikara, Pasan Kodikara. Sirilal Kodikara (27 August 1924 – 19 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan novelist, poet, journalist, and radio play writer who wrote in Sinhala. He was a Buddhist priest in the early part of his life.
Piyadasa Sirisena was a Ceylonese pioneer novelist, patriot, journalist, temperance worker and independence activist. [1] He was the author of some of the bestselling Sinhalese novels in early 20th century. A follower of Anagarika Dharmapala, Siresena was the most popular novelist of the era and most of his novels were on nationalistic and ...
Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different ...
Martin Wickramasinghe. Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (commonly known as Martin Wickramasinghe) (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ) (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan journalist and author. His books have been translated into several different languages. [1]
Died. 3 May 1957. (1957-05-03) (aged 67) Wellawatte, Sri Lanka. Wellawatte Arachchige Abraham Silva, popularly known as W. A. Silva, (16 January 1890 – 3 May 1957) [a] was a best-selling author of Sinhalese literature. Born in Wellawatte, Colombo. [2], he began his career when he wrote his first novel, Siriyalatha, at age 16 after receiving a ...
Viragaya ( Devoid of Passions) is a 1956 novel written by Martin Wickremasinghe. The novel is considered an outstanding work in modern Sinhalese fiction due to the significance of its theme and the sophistication of its technique. [ 1] The story is based on a virtuous character called Aravinda, a Sinhalese youth raised in a traditional Buddhist ...
Siri Gunasinghe (Sinhala: සිරි ගුණසිංහ ; 18 February 1925 – 25 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan academic, poet, Sanskritist, art historian, author and filmmaker. [1] He played a crucial role in honing the creativity of free Sinhala poetry. [2] Gunasinghe was one of the most important advocates of the use of spoken language ...
Villain ( Sinhala: විලන්) is a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language action masala film directed by Lassana Jayasekara and co-produced by director himself with Kelum Aryan for Lassana Creations and NK Films. [2] It stars producer Kelum Aryan in the lead role along with Dasuni Sinethma, Sudhiksha Samadhi, Sanju Samarasinghe and debutant ...