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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 ...
Maratht Laghu Katha-Sangrah Marathi Short Stories Various authors 1992 Lachman Hardwani Yuga Jo Antu Yuganta: Marathi Epic Irawati Karve: 1995 Shyam Jaisinghani Chani Chani Marathi Novel C. T. Khanolkar: 1996 Laxman Bhatia ‘Komal’ Pan Chhan Jo Parlao Patjhar Ki Awaz Urdu Short stories Qurratulain Hyder: 1997 Hiro Shewkani Sindhi Adaba Jee ...
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 .
Through the 1960s, under its founding editor Balkrishna Rao and later under Rajendra Awasthi, Kadambini and a few other leading publications of the time, started publishing short stories (laghu katha) by leading writers like Agyeya, Mahadevi Verma, Kunwar Narayan and Ramanada Doshi.
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.
Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed. [1] Winners. Self-authored Novels. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ...
The Dambadeniya period is considered the golden era of Sinhala literature. Important literary works such as Sinhala Thupavamsa, Dalada Siriththa, Sarajothi malai were written during the period. Several books in Sinhala, Pali & Sanskrit were written at this time.
K. Jayatilake was one of Sri Lanka's topmost creative writers of the modern period of Sinhala literature. Using his close observations of village life, Jayatilake was a pioneer in the Sinhalese realistic novel. His first creative work, Punaruppattiya, a collection of short stories published in 1955, was well received.