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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 ...
A number of different units of measurement were used in Sri Lanka to measure quantities like length, mass and capacity from very ancient times. [1] Under the British Empire, imperial units became the official units of measurement [2] and remained so until Sri Lanka adopted the metric system in the 1970s.
By the beginning of the 1960s, the Hela Hawula was the strongest force in the country in terms of the Sinhala language and literature. [11] At that time the 'Hela Havula' had branches not only in Ahangama, Unawatuna, Rathgama, Galle, Kalutara and Kandy but also in schools such as Mahinda College in Galle and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia .
Gunathilake Bandara Senanayake (14 July 1913 – 16 March 1985) (known as G.B Senanayake) (Sinhala: ජී.බී. සේනානායක) was a prominent Sinhala author who portrayed Sinhala middle-class life in his novels. He is credited with introducing free verse poetry to Sinhala. He became blind later in his life and still managed to ...
Lakdasa Wikkramasinha (Sinhala: ලක්දාස වික්රමසිංහ, 1941–1978) was a Sri Lankan poet who wrote in English and Sinhala, [1] and is known for his fusion of the two languages. [2]
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]
He chose to publish the book himself instead. Karunatilaka's wife, Eranga Tennekoon, created the book's cover, while his brother, Lalith Karunathilake, created the illustrations. Karunatilaka's friend Deshan Tennekoon completed the typesetting and font design, while screenwriter Ruwanthie de Chickera completed the structural edit for Chinaman ...
Amba Yaluwo (Sinhala: අඹ යාලුවෝ, lit. 'Best Friends') is a 1957 novel by Sri Lankan author Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne. [1] [2] [3] The novel has been translated into multiple languages with the English translation by Seneviratne B. Aludeniya being published by Sarasavi Publishers in 1998. [4] [5] It is set in the 1930s.