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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 [[Sinhalese language|Sinhala]] language, but there is a considerable number of works in other [[languages]] used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including [[Pāli]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were much different from the language used in Sri Lanka now.
'''Sri Lankan literature''' is the literary tradition of [[Sri Lanka]]. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the [[Sinhalese language|Sinhala]] language, but there is a considerable number of works in other [[languages]] used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Pāli]], and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different from the language used in Sri Lanka now.


Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers is greater than that of the Tamil and English writers combined and has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.{{cn|date=April 2020}}
Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.{{cn|date=April 2020}}


== List of writers ==
== List of writers ==
{{main list|List of Sri Lankan writers}}
{{incomplete list|date=April 2020}}
{{incomplete list|date=April 2020}}


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* [[Sunanda Mahendra]]
* [[Sunanda Mahendra]]
* [[Simon Navagattegama]]
* [[Simon Navagattegama]]
* [[Maya Ranjan|Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan)]]
* [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]]
* [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]]
* [[Mahagama Sekara]]
* [[Mahagama Sekara]]
* [[G. B. Senanayake]]
* [[G. B. Senanayake]]
* [[W. A. Silva]]
* [[W. A. Silva]]
* [[Ajith Thilakasena]]
* [[Sybil Wettasinghe]]
* [[Sybil Wettasinghe]]
* [[Martin Wickramasinghe]]
* [[Martin Wickramasinghe]]

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* [[Parakrama Kodituwakku]]
* [[Parakrama Kodituwakku]]
* [[P. K. D. Seneviratne]]
* [[P. K. D. Seneviratne]]
* Rathna Sri Wijesinghe
* [[S. Mahinda Thero]]
* [[S. Mahinda Thero]]
* [[Sagara Palansuriya]]
* [[Sagara Palansuriya]]
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* [[Sunil Ariyaratne]]
* [[Sunil Ariyaratne]]
* [[Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera]]
* [[Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera]]
* Veedagama Maithree Thero
* [[Wimalaratne Kumaragama]]
* [[Wimalaratne Kumaragama]]
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*[[Sucharitha Gamlath]]
*[[Sucharitha Gamlath]]
*[[J B Disanayake]]
*[[J B Disanayake]]
*[[Su Hae Ja Sugunasiri]]
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*[[Eelattu Poothanthevanar]]
*[[Eelattu Poothanthevanar]]
*[[Maravanpulo Sellam Ambalavanar]]
}}
}}


===Sri Lankan Tamil poets===
===Sri Lankan Tamil poets===


*[[:ta:நீலாவணன்|Neelaavanan]]
*[[:ta:நீலாவணன்|Neelaavanan]]
*[[:ta:பொத்துவில் அஸ்மின் |Pottuvil Asmin]]


===Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English===
===Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English===
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{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*[[Michael Ondaatje]]
* [[Michael Ondaatje]]
* [[Shehan Karunatilaka]]
*[[Christopher Ondaatje]]
*[[Nira Wickramasinghe]]
* [[Anuk Arudpragasam]]
*[[Jayadeva Uyangoda]]
* [[Andrew Fidel Fernando]]
*[[Romesh Gunesekera]]
* [[Christopher Ondaatje]]
*[[Shyam Selvadurai]]
* [[Nira Wickramasinghe]]
*[[SJ Sindu]]
* [[Jayadeva Uyangoda]]
*[[Nayomi Munaweera]]
* [[Romesh Gunesekera]]
*[[Sunil Yapa]]
* [[Shyam Selvadurai]]
*[[Tissa Abeysekara]]
* [[S. J. Sindu]]
*[[Regi Siriwardena]]
* [[Nayomi Munaweera]]
*[[Jean Arasanayagam]]
* [[Sunil Yapa]]
*[[Lishan Perera]]
* [[Tissa Abeysekara]]
*[[Rajiva Wijesinha]]
* [[Regi Siriwardena]]
*[[Nihal De Silva]]
* [[Jean Arasanayagam]]
* [[V.V. Ganeshananthan]]
* [[Rajiva Wijesinha]]
* [[Nihal De Silva]]
* [[V. V. Ganeshananthan]]
* [[Ru Freeman]]
* [[Ru Freeman]]
* [[David Blacker]]
* [[David Blacker]]
* [[Punyakante Wijenaike]]
* [[Punyakante Wijenaike]]
* [[Roshi Fernando]]
* [[Roshi Fernando]]
* [[Suwanda Sugunasiri]]
* [[Jessie Alice Goonetileke]]
* [[Jessie Alice Goonetileke]]
* [[Chanis Fernando Boisard]]
* [[Gananath Obeyesekere]]
}}
}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Sri Lankan culture]]
* [[Sri Lankan culture]]
* [[Henry Parker (author)|Henry Parker]], British engineer who studied and compiled the [[oral literature]] of Sri Lanka
* [[Henry Parker (author)|Henry Parker]], a British engineer who studied and compiled the [[oral literature]] of Sri Lanka


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/ ]
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/srilitt.html&date=2009-10-25+05:34:50 WebCite query result]
*[https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/all-countries.html All Authors Listed by Country: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)]
*[https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/all-countries.html All Authors Listed by Country: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051221062838/http://www.tamilcanadian.com/northeastern_herald/pageview.php?ID=1907&SID=390 Northeastern Herald]
*[https://archive.is/20070928010628/http://www.lankahands.com/category.php?id=15 Books on Sinhala Literature | Sinala Books | Sri Lanka books – LankaHands.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120726223243/http://www.gertrudedelivera.com/ Gertrude De Livera -]
*[http://www.boondi.lk/ BOONDI.LK – Sri Lankan Site for Literature, Arts and Politics -]
*[http://novelinsights.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/books-to-read-in-sri-lanka-sakuras-list/ A list of recommended Sri Lankan literature]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100513052557/http://www.heartchakranovel.com/ Heart Chakra]


{{Asian topic|| literature}}
{{Asian topic|| literature}}

Latest revision as of 01:03, 27 December 2023

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 from the language used in Sri Lanka now.

Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.[citation needed]

List of writers

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Sri Lankan writers.

Sinhala writers

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Sinhala poets

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Essayists and non-fiction writers

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Sinhala playwrights

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Sinhala radio play writers

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Sri Lankan Tamil authors

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Sri Lankan Tamil poets

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Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English

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See also

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References

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