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Kumari Jayawardena (Sinhala: කුමාරි ජයවර්ධන; born 1931) is a Sri Lankan feminist activist and academic. Her work is part of the canon of Third-world feminism which conceptualizes feminist philosophies as indigenous and unique to non-Western societies and nations rather than offshoots of Western feminism.
Piyadasa Sirisena was a skilled writer of both prose and verse in Sinhala and used the novel as a tool of educating the masses. [8] His objective was to raise their awareness of the lost glory of the Sinhalese people. His first novel on a happy marriage with Jayatissa and Rosalin as the main characters was a bestseller by any standard in Sri Lanka.
Sumana Gomes (born 23 May 1962: Sinhala: සුමනා ගෝමස්), is a Sri Lankan cinema actress. Often regarded as the "sexiest actress in Sri Lankan film history", [1] Gomes is credited as the premiere sex symbol and pioneer of blue film subculture in Sri Lankan cinema. [2]
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 ...
The following is a list of Sri Lankan writers of all types. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Sri Lanka is primarily a source, destination, and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Some Sri Lankan women are subjected to forced prostitution in Cyprus, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and elsewhere. Within the country, women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in ...
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 ] his career began with his first novel, Siriyalatha , written at the age of 16 after receiving a formal Sinhalese education.
His novel Golu Hadawatha was also adopted as a film by veteran filmmaker Lester James Peiris in 1968 with the same title and the film was opened to positive reviews from critics and became a landmark film in Sri Lankan cinema. [5] [6] His other notable works include Muwa Dadayama, Bamba Ketu Heti, Gehenu Lamai, Lassana Ess and Ridee Nimnaya. [7]