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*[[Michael Ondaatje]] |
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*[[Christopher Ondaatje]] |
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*[[Nira Wickramasinghe]] |
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*[[Jayadeva Uyangoda]] |
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*[[Romesh Gunesekera]] |
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*[[Shyam Selvadurai]] |
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*[[Nayomi Munaweera]] |
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*[[Sunil Yapa]] |
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*[[Tissa Abeysekara]] |
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*[[Regi Siriwardena]] |
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*[[Jean Arasanayagam]] |
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Revision as of 06:35, 5 July 2021
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 Pāli, Tamil, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were much 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.[citation needed]
List of writers
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Sinhala writers
- 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
- Ediriweera Sarachchandra
- Mahagama Sekara
- G. B. Senanayake
- W. A. Silva
- Ajith Thilakasena
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Martin Wickramasinghe
Sinhala poets
- 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
Sinhala playwrights
Sinhala radio play writers
Sri Lankan Tamil authors
Sri Lankan Tamil poets
Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English
- Michael Ondaatje
- 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
See also
- Sri Lankan culture
- Henry Parker, British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka
References
External links
- [1]
- WebCite query result
- All Authors Listed by Country: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)
- Northeastern Herald
- Books on Sinhala Literature | Sinala Books | Sri Lanka books – LankaHands.com
- Gertrude De Livera -
- BOONDI.LK – Sri Lankan Site for Literature, Arts and Politics -
- A list of recommended Sri Lankan literature
- Heart Chakra