Sri Lankan literature
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates 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.
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List of writers
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Sinhala writers
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Sinhala poets
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Essayists and non-fiction writers
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Sinhala playwrights
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Sinhala radio play writers
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Tamil authors
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Tamil poets
Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English
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See also
- Sri Lankan culture
- Henry Parker, a British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka
References
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