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Sarasavi Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd is a bookstore chain in Sri Lanka. Currently Sarasavi Bookshop is the largest bookstore chain in Sri Lanka [ citation needed ] with branches covering major cities in the island.
She compiled and published an English translation titled Jewels in collaboration with Sarasavi Bookshop by selecting 14 Sinhala short stories written by different authors, and the stories covered most of the subject matters relating to the context of Sri Lankan society, including the hierarchy, stereotypes, mental health, poverty, family ...
Lanka, the land of kings by J. B. Disanayake (Sumitha Publishers, Distributed by Sarasavi Bookshop, 2007) Mānava bhāṣā pravēśaya by J. B. Disanayake(Sumita Prakāśakayō, 2005) Paintings of Kelani Vihara by J. B. Disanayake(Godage Poth Mendura, 2004) Kălaṇi Vihāre situvaṃ by J. B. Disanayake(Goḍagē Pot Măndura, 2000)
Amba Yaluwo (Sinhala: අඹ යාලුවෝ, lit. 'Best Friends') is a 1957 novel by Sri Lankan author Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne. [1] [2] [3] The novel has been translated into multiple languages with the English translation by Seneviratne B. Aludeniya being published by Sarasavi Publishers in 1998.
Piyadasa Sirisena was a skilled writer of both prose and verse in Sinhala and used the novel as a tool of educating the masses. [8] His objective was to raise their awareness of the lost glory of the Sinhalese people. His first novel on a happy marriage with Jayatissa and Rosalin as the main characters was a bestseller by any standard in Sri Lanka.
The film won eight Sarasavi awards including best picture and best director. [2] [14] He also designed costumes (e.g. for Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Manamē). [15] He is also considered a pioneer book cover designer in Sri Lanka and has hosted several radio programs. [16]
Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism Awards for Excellence Programme, organised by the Editor's Guild of Sri Lanka – 2014; A song festival Ajantha Geethavalokana was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute at Independent Square on 9 May 2002 [12] A collection of his songs released in 2002 in a new cassette and CD titled Kalpana ...
Chitrananda Abeysekera (1930–1992) was a veteran broadcaster, poet, writer and an administrator. He joined Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, then Radio Ceylon as a radio announcer and retired as the Director of Sinhala Services in 1989. [1]