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Gunadasa Amarasekera (born 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Gunadasa Amarasekara
Born1929 (age 9293)
Galle District, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationMahinda College, Galle
Nalanda College Colombo
University of Ceylon
OccupationDental Surgeon
Known forShort story writing, poetry

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 fifties, 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 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

Short stories

Poems

Plays

Literary criticism


References


  1. Martin Wickramasinghe and modern Sinhala poetry
  2. January 8th election win a revolution or a conspiracy?
  3. "Henry Jayasena 'A gifted and decent human being….'". island. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. "In memory of Henry Jayasena". island. 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara nominated for Nalanda Keerthi Sri 2010
  6. "The South Asian Literary Recording Project". Library of Congress. 11 January 2016.[dead link]
  7. Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara nominated for Nalanda Keerthi Sri 2010
  8. Nalanda Keerthi Sri
  9. Effervescent thespian
  10. A novelist can’t detach from society
  11. Gunawardana, C. A. (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka (revised). New Delhi: Sterlin Publishers Privet Limited. p. 13. ISBN 9781932705485.





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