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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.
Shortly thereafter he began a campaign to raise literary standards for the Sinhalese reading public with work such as Sahityodaya Katha (1932), Vichara Lipi (1941), Guttila Geetaya (1943) and Sinhala Sahityaye Nageema (1946) in which he evaluated the traditional literally heritage according to set rules of critical criteria formed by ...
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).
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 .
Asambhava Katha (or Asombhob Katha) Once there was a King [16] [Stories 5] Short story 1893 Daan Pratidan (or Danprotidan or Daan-Pratidaan) Reciprocation [11] Gift and Return; Short story 1893 Madhyabartini: The Intervening Woman [11] The Girl Between [15] The In-between Girl; Songs 1893 Ganer Bahi o Valmiki Pratibha
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Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe (Sinhala: සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ) (31 October 1927 – 1 July 2020) was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Considered as the doyen of children's literature in Sri Lanka, Wettasinghe has produced more than 200 children's books which have been translated ...
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura. It was written in the style of an epic poem written in the Pali language. [1]