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He is truly an "original" Sri Lankan poet as he has successfully employed the English language to capture the authentic Sri Lankan experience. His language depicts the exact picture of the rural areas in Sri Lanka and invites the readers to a homely background. [11] Since his death a number of books have been written about his life.
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His thesis on "Sinhala Gadya Padya Nirmana Kerehi Ridmaya Balapa Athi Akaraya" (Influence of Rhythm on the Sinhala Prose and Poetry) was submitted to the university in 1975. At the time of his death in 1976, he was attending to the final editing of the thesis as recommended by the supervisors. [ 3 ]
He was born in 1918 in Kalugangabada village in Kudaligama, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. [3] After completing his primary education from a village missionary school, he later received his higher education at the Dharma Vijaya Pirivena. After studies, Kudaligama later worked in the plantation industry in Rajawatte.
Siri Gunasinghe (Sinhala: සිරි ගුණසිංහ ; 18 February 1925 – 25 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan academic, poet, Sanskritist, art historian, author and filmmaker. [1] He played a crucial role in honing the creativity of free Sinhala poetry. [2]
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 ...
Kala Keerthi Monica Ruwanpathirana (Sinhala: මොනිකා රුවන්පතිරණ) (1946 – 2004) was a Sri Lankan poet and writer. She is considered one of the most acclaimed poets in modern Sinhala poetry. [2] She has written 23 books, including nineteen poetry and three of them won the State Literary Award. [3]