In the foreword of the Tamil book “Sinhala Literature in the era of Ethnic war in Sri Lanka: A Pluralistic Review (1983-2007)” written by M.C. Rasmin the writer has come to this conclusion: “Looking ...

Criticism had not been an exciting segment in Sinhala literature till focus was drawn to it by Peradeniya critics. They understood the value of the study and criticism of Sinhala Literature and laid ...

In around 1954, Radio Ceylon, in its Sinhala broadcast, serialised Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. I was a nine-year-old at the time. The reading of a translation of Dostoyevsky’s classic, partly ...

Professor J. B. Dissanayake, the well-known scholar and author, will be honoured with the launch of a festschrift that celebrates his immense contributions to Sinhala language, culture, and literature ...

In this month discussion focusing on the literacy bond of leading Bengali novelist Sarathchandra Bandyopadhyays world famous novel Pathor and the renowned Sinhalese writer Chintha Lakshimi who has ...

He was a writer, teacher, poet a lyricist, and a playwright. He is well known for his popular songs such as 'Lanka Lanka Pembera Lanka', 'Pruthugesikaraya', 'Sudata sude walakuali'. Well versed in the ...

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“I am not such a big man. I am Podiwee Kumbura Benedict Anthony’s son.” At his 60th Birth Anniversary celebration, attended by … ...

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