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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 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 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 .
Indian Tamil writers of Sri Lanka (2 P) Sri Lankan Tamil writers (1 C, 61 P) ... Sri Lankan literature; T. Raipiyel Tennakoon; Nyanaponika Thera; V. Tarzie Vittachi; W.
SAARC Literary Award is an annual award conferred by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature since 2001 [1] [2] [3] Shamshur Rahman, Mahasweta Devi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Abhi Subedi, Mark Tully, Sitakant Mahapatra, Uday Prakash, Suman Pokhrel, and Abhay K have been some of the recipients of this award. [4]
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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]
History of Sri Lanka. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 978-955-551-257-2. Tinker, Hugh (1990). South Asia: A Short History. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824812875. Yogasundaram, Nath (2008). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Silva, K.M. de History of Sri Lanka (1982) complete text ...