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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 [[ |
'''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. |
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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}} |
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}} |
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== List of writers == |
== List of writers == |
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{{main list|List of Sri Lankan writers}} |
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* [[Sunanda Mahendra]] |
* [[Sunanda Mahendra]] |
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* [[Simon Navagattegama]] |
* [[Simon Navagattegama]] |
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* [[Maya Ranjan|Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan)]] |
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* [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]] |
* [[Ediriweera Sarachchandra]] |
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* [[Mahagama Sekara]] |
* [[Mahagama Sekara]] |
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* [[G. B. Senanayake]] |
* [[G. B. Senanayake]] |
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* [[W. A. Silva]] |
* [[W. A. Silva]] |
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* [[Ajith Thilakasena]] |
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* [[Sybil Wettasinghe]] |
* [[Sybil Wettasinghe]] |
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* [[Martin Wickramasinghe]] |
* [[Martin Wickramasinghe]] |
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* [[Ranush Herath]] |
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===Sri Lankan Tamil poets=== |
===Sri Lankan Tamil poets=== |
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*[[:ta:நீலாவணன்|Neelaavanan]] |
*[[:ta:நீலாவணன்|Neelaavanan]] |
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*[[:ta:பொத்துவில் அஸ்மின் |Pottuvil Asmin]] |
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===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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* [[Michael Ondaatje]] |
* [[Michael Ondaatje]] |
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* [[Shehan Karunatilaka]] |
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* [[Anuk Arudpragasam]] |
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* [[Andrew Fidel Fernando]] |
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* [[Christopher Ondaatje]] |
* [[Christopher Ondaatje]] |
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* [[Nira Wickramasinghe]] |
* [[Nira Wickramasinghe]] |
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* [[Roshi Fernando]] |
* [[Roshi Fernando]] |
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* [[Jessie Alice Goonetileke]] |
* [[Jessie Alice Goonetileke]] |
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* [[Gananath Obeyesekere]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Sri Lankan culture]] |
* [[Sri Lankan culture]] |
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* [[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 |
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== References == |
== References == |
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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 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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Sinhala writers
[edit]- Gunadasa Amarasekara
- Chandraratna Bandara
- Sugathapala de Silva
- Siri Gunasinghe
- Eric Illayapparachchi
- P.B Jayasekara
- K. Jayatillake
- Piyasena Kahandagamage
- Sirilal Kodikara
- Munidasa Kumaratunga
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Simon Navagattegama
- Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan)
- Ediriweera Sarachchandra
- Mahagama Sekara
- G. B. Senanayake
- W. A. Silva
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Martin Wickramasinghe
Sinhala poets
[edit]- Eric Illayapparachchi
- Gunadasa Amarasekara
- Gurulugomi
- H. M. Kudaligama
- Kumaratunga Munidasa
- Lucien Bulathsinhala
- Mahagama Sekara
- Meemana Premathilake
- Parakrama Kodituwakku
- P. K. D. Seneviratne
- S. Mahinda Thero
- Sagara Palansuriya
- Saman Tilakasiri
- Siri Gunasinghe
- Sunil Ariyaratne
- Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera
- Wimalaratne Kumaragama
Essayists and non-fiction writers
[edit]Sinhala playwrights
[edit]Sinhala radio play writers
[edit]Sri Lankan Tamil authors
[edit]Sri Lankan Tamil poets
[edit]Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English
[edit]- Michael Ondaatje
- Shehan Karunatilaka
- Anuk Arudpragasam
- Andrew Fidel Fernando
- Christopher Ondaatje
- Nira Wickramasinghe
- Jayadeva Uyangoda
- Romesh Gunesekera
- Shyam Selvadurai
- S. J. Sindu
- Nayomi Munaweera
- Sunil Yapa
- Tissa Abeysekara
- Regi Siriwardena
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Rajiva Wijesinha
- Nihal De Silva
- V. V. Ganeshananthan
- Ru Freeman
- David Blacker
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Roshi Fernando
- Jessie Alice Goonetileke
- Gananath Obeyesekere
See also
[edit]- Sri Lankan culture
- Henry Parker, a British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka