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Guththila Kawya (Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්ය, Anglicized: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the Kingdom of Kotte (1412-1597) by Weththewe Thero. [ 1 ] The book is based on a story of previous birth of Gautama Buddha mentioned on Guththila Jataka in Jataka tales of Gautama Buddha.
Kumaratunga Munidasa (Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most historically ...
Sarachchandra started his career as a teacher at St. Peter's College in Colombo 4.He then joined the publishing company Lake House in an administrative position. 1933, gained admission to the Ceylon University College and offered Pali, Sanskrit and Sinhala for the first degree and passed out in 1936 with a first class and sat for the Ceylon Civil Service examination (because of his parents ...
None of Sinhala novels of that period had been as successful as Jayatissa and Rosalyn. Piyadasa Sirisena also was the first novelist in the country to produce detective stories. He wrote five of detective novels and one of them "Dingiri Menika" was made into a highly successful film in the mid 1950s . [ 6 ]
Kala Suri [1] Parakrama Kodituwakku, is a notable Sinhala poet. [2] [3] After the revival and experimentations of Sinhala poetry during the 1950s and 1960s, the 1970s were marked by the rise of several young poets including Parakrama Kodituwakku, Monica Ruwanpathirana and Rathna Sri Wijesinghe. His "Podi Malliye" (1972) was praised by critics ...
[11] Somalatha Subasinghe's involvement in Sri Lankan theatre included her participation as an actress and later, as a scriptwriter and director of her own productions. [ 9 ] [ 12 ] When she appeared as Sara in Mudu Puththu by Gunasena Galappaththi she performed her own songs, and sang with rhythm and melody. [ 12 ]
Saman Tilakasiri (11 August 1928 – 5 January 2000) was a Sri Lankan poet, journalist, senior editor, lyricist, art critique and an award-winning author of books in multiple disciplines. Henaka Arachchillage Saman Tilakasiri was born on 11 August 1928, in Kegalla area in Devalegama, Nawagamuwa the son of Henaka Arachchilage Appuhami Senanayake ...
Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District.He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo. [3] [4] [5]In the early 1950s, his short story “Soma” was selected to represent Ceylon in a world short story competition organized by the New York Herald Tribune.