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Kamala Wijeratne is an educationist in the field of English, a short story writer, and a poet from Sri Lanka.She has received many awards, including the State Literary Awards and the Sahithya Ratna Lifetime Award, which is the highest honor given to Sri Lankans who have made an outstanding contribution to Sri Lankan literature.
Wikkrama Sinha's first book of verse, Lustre: Poems (Kandy, 1965 ), was written entirely in English. Feeling constrained by his education to write in the language of what he believed to be 'the most despicable people on earth', he set himself to write as anarchically as possible. [3] His later work, however, did not reflect this mood.
Eureka, then, is the culmination of Poe's interest in capturing truth through language, an extension of his interest in cryptography. [19] Eureka seems to continue the science fiction traditions he had used in works like "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". [11]
The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed. [1]
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 ...
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.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following is an alphabetical list of Sri Lankan poets
A common vein in many of his finest pieces is an appreciation of the diversity and beauty that is Sri Lanka. Rev Senior also has the distinction of being the author of the Hymn for Ceylon as well as the Hymn of Trinity College, Kandy and that of St. John's College, Jaffna. [12] His best known work however is the soul-stirring epic, The Call of ...