Gunadasa Amarasekara
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Gunadasa Amarasekera (born 12 November 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Early life and education
Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo.[3][4][5]
In the early 1950s, his short story “Soma” was selected to represent Ceylon in a world short story competition organized by the New York Herald Tribune. It was published in the collection of World Prize Stories in 1952.[6]
Dr Amarasekara was presented with the Nalanda Keerthi Sri award in 2010 by his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo.[7][8][9]
Amarasekera is a graduate of University of Ceylon and is a Dental Surgeon by profession. He is one of the founding fathers of the Peradeniya school of literary tradition of modern Sri Lankan literature.[10]
Publications
A list of literary works of Amarasekara,[11]
Novels Template:Div col
- Karumakkarayo (1953)
- Yali Upannemi (1960)
- Gandhabba Apadanaya (1969)
- Asathya Kathawak (1981)
- Premaye Sathya Kathawa (1983)
- Gamanaka Mula (1988)
- Gamdoren Eliyata (1990)
- Vanka Giriyaka (1992)
- Inimaga Ehalata (1992)
- Yali Maga Wetha (1993)
- Duru Rataka Dukata Kiriyaka (1999)
Short stories Template:Div col
- Rathu Rosa Mala (1950)
- Jeevana Suwanda (1957)
- Ekama Kathawa (1972)
- Katha Pahak (1975)
- Gal Pilimaya Saha Bol Pilimaya (1989)
- Marana Manchakaye Dutu Sihinaya (1993)
Poems Template:Div col
- Bhaavageeta(1952)
- Uyanaka Hinda Litu Kavi (1957)
- Amal Bisso (1958)
- Gurulu Watha (1972)
- Avarjana (1972)
- Asak Da Kava (2003)
Plays Template:Div col
- Pavuru Padanam (1970)
- Kavhandayaka Kathandaraya (1991)
Literary criticism Template:Div col
- Vicharaya Saha Vinodaya (1951)
- Aliya Saha Andayo (1966)
- Abuddassa Yugayak (1976)
- Anagarika Dharmapala Marxvaadida? (1980)
- Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu (1988)
- Arunaluseren Arunodhyata (1991)
- Jathika Chinthanaya saha Jaathika Aarthikaya (1993)
- Sinhala Kawya Sampradaya (1996)
References
External links
- Gunadasa Amarasekara, Library of Congress New Delhi Office.
- "Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist — philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil" an article by Malinda Seneviratne
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- Gunadasa Amarasekara and contemporary Sinhalese literature
- A unique celebration for a writer
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan dentists
- People from Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)
- Sri Lankan Buddhists
- Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
- Alumni of Mahinda College
- Sri Lankan male writers
- Male poets
- Male novelists
- 20th-century Sri Lankan poets
- 20th-century Sri Lankan novelists
- 21st-century poets
- 21st-century novelists
- 20th-century Sri Lankan male writers
- 21st-century Sri Lankan male writers