Sri Lankan writers

Martin Wickramasinghe

Martin Wickramasinghe (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: மார்ட்டின் விக்கிரமசிங்க) (1890-1976) was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer, c…

Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara (Sinhala: ගුණදාස අමරසේකර) (b. 1929) is a Sri Lankan poet, novelist, critic and short story writer (Dharmadasa, 1987; Gunawarde…

Gurulugomi

Gurulugomi (Sinhala: ගුරුළුගෝමි) was a Buddhist commentator and philosopher who lived in the 12th century in Sri Lanka. He is known for his works A…

Jean Arasanayagam

Jean Solomons Arasanayagam (Sinhala: ජීන් අරසනායගම්) (1931-2019) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist and painter. Life e…

Wimal Gunasekara Balagalle

Professor Emeritus Wimal Gunasekara Balagalle , known as Wimal G. Balagalle (Sinhala: විමල් ගුණසේකර බලගල්ලේ) (1924-2021) was a Sri Lankan academic…

O.M. da Silva Cosme

Oswald Murray Leon Harwood da Silva , known as O.M. da Silva Cosme (1919-2007) was a Sri Lankan Attorney-at-law and author. Life events Murray was…

Mendis Rohanadeera

Professor Mendis Rohanadeera (Sinhala: මැන්දිස් රෝහණදීර) (1931-2011) was a Sri Lankan academic and historian. Life events Rohanadeera was born o…

A. V. Suraweera

Professor Alankaraga Victor Suraweera (Sinhala: ඒ. වී. සුරවීර) (1930-2014), known as A. V. Suraweera was a Sri Lankan academic, historian, literary …

K. Jayatilaka

Dr. Kaluachchigamage Jayathilaka (Sinhala: කේ. ජයතිලක) (1926-2011), popularly known as K. Jayatilaka was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer,…