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Lakdasa Wikkramasinha (Sinhala: ලක්දාස වික්රමසිංහ, 1941–1978) was a Sri Lankan poet who wrote in English and Sinhala, [1] and is known for his fusion of the two languages.
Poetry portal; Sri Lanka portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... Sinhala-language poets (10 P) Sinhalese poets (11 ...
Donna Isabella Koraneliya (Sinhala: දෝන ඉසබෙලා කොරනෙලියා) (a.k.a. Gajaman Nona) (10 March 1746 – 15 December 1815) was a Sri Lankan poet of the Matara Era, noted for her ability to create impromptu Sinhala poetry.
The Hela Havula is a Sinhalese literary organisation founded by Kumaratunga Munidasa in January 1941. [1] ' Hela Hawula' was formed as the only organization in Sri Lanka to protect and uplift the Sinhala language, Sinhala land and Sinhala culture.
At the age of sixteen, Kudaligama began composing poems for various newspapers and magazines. [6] He preferred to write rather than recite poetry and did not excel in poetry dialogues. [4] In 1934, he published a pamphlet entitled Jinendra Prasansha. As a poet in Colombo era, he was a man who deeply nurtured poetry. [7]
He is considered to be a groundbreaking figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. [1] He is best remembered as a poet and songwriter with several of his works even becoming popular songs in Sri Lanka. His works occasionally have an introspective Buddhist-influenced outlook. His poems and songs remain widely quoted on the island nearly thirty ...
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 ...