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Reef is a historical fiction novel written by Sri Lankan-born British author Romesh Gunesekera, first published by Granta Books in 1994. [1] Written in English and set in Sri Lanka, it tells the story of a talented young chef named Triton who is so committed to pleasing his master, Mr. Salgado, a marine biologist obsessed with swamps and seafood, that he is oblivious to the political unrest ...
The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed. [1]
The author of over 60 published books (guides, novels, biographies and volumes of poetry) he also wrote travel features for inflight, international and Sri Lankan magazines. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In 2013, a collection of his beat poetry, Gone Man Squared , was published in the United States by Kicks Books, the imprint of Norton Records.
Modern Sri Lanka Studies; The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities [6] University of Ceylon Review; Sri Lanka Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science & Law - Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
During his career he has done extensive research on Sanskrit texts, Hindu Civilization and has presented many papers in numerous seminars and conferences in Sri Lanka and abroad. [2] In 1997, the Shruthi Laya Shangham in London was planning a dance drama on the subject of "Pancha Ishwaram".
An overseas branch of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association operates at the Sri Lankan School in Muscat, Oman. [10] In 2009, Girl Guides at the Sri Lankan School in Muscat had their camp in October cancelled to prevent the spread of Swine flu. [11] The Guides paper recycling project was also discontinued for the same reason.
A collection of Pali Commentaries were written in Sri Lanka by various (some anonymous) authors, such as Buddhagosa, Dhammapala, Mahanama, Upasena, and Buddhadatta. Buddhagosa writes that he based his commentaries on older works which were brought to Sri Lanka when Buddhism first arrived there, and were translated into Sinhalese.
Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975) is a Sri Lankan writer. He grew up in Colombo, studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSC Prize, the Gratiaen Prize and was adjudged the second greatest cricket book of all time by Wisden.