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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 .
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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 from the language used in Sri Lanka now.
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 formal Sinhalese education.
Daya Dissanayake Author and Poet. Daya Dissanayake (born 8 March 1947) is a bilingual Sri Lankan novelist, poet and blogger. His work spans a critical study of king Ashoka, nine novels in English, six novels in Sinhala and a collection of poems, and numerous articles in newspapers, journals and magazines.
He also adapted the local names of the writers who contributed to 'Subasa' magazine according to 'Pure Sinhala'. By the time of the publication of 'Lakmini Pahana' and 'Subasa' magazines, many of those who provided poems and novels also knew Kumaratunga by the 1940s and had gathered around him.
Some of his books are used as text books for Sinhala General Certificate of Education Advanced Level examination and at Universities. Three of his novels won the Sinhala Literary Awards granted by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The novel 'Medha' [3] is a historical novel based on the Indian society during the time of the Enlightened One ...