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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 ...
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.
Sri Lanka in fiction (9 C, ... Works by Sri Lankan writers (4 C) Sri Lankan writers (24 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Sri Lankan literature"
The earliest extant Sri Lankan Tamil literature survives from the academies of the Sangam age dated from 200 BCE. [2] Īḻattup pūtaṉtēvaṉār was one of the earliest known native classical Eelam Tamil poets from the Sangam period, hailing from Manthai, Mannar District, Sri Lanka. [3]
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 .
[1] [2] He was visiting professor in linguistics at Tamil University in Thanjavur. [1] He was also a visiting professor at the University of Malaya and the SIM University. [1] [3] [4] He was an academic consultant for the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka and the Open University of Sri Lanka. [1] [4] He retired in 2009. [1] [3]
In 1450, Parakramabahu VI had, with his conquest of the Jaffna kingdom in northern Sri Lanka, unified all of Sri Lanka. At its height, the Kingdom oversaw one of the greatest eras of Sinhalese literature. Notable poets at the time were Buddhist monks such as Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, Weedagama Maihree thero, and Karagala Wanarathana thero ...
This caused some ripples in the literary circles of Sri Lanka, which had idolised Eliot. In 1995 Siriwardena won the Gratiaen Prize , the Sri Lankan literary award for the best writer in English. In September 2004 he was conferred the Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to English letters at the State Literature Festival, which had ...