Kaluachchigamage Jayatillake (Sinhala: කේ.ජයතිලක; 27 June 1926 – 14 September 2011), known as K. Jayatillake, was a Sinhala novelist and literary critic. He was born in Kannimahara, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka and was a contemporary of Mahagama Sekara having studied in the same school. He married Sumana Jayatillake and was the father of four children.

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K. Jayatillake
Born	(1926-06-27)27 June 1926 Kannimahara, Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Died	14 September 2011(2011-09-14) (aged 85)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Spouse(s)	Sumana Jayatillake

K. Jayatilake was one of Sri Lanka's topmost creative writers of the modern period of Sinhala literature. Using his close observations of village life, Jayatilake was a pioneer in the Sinhalese realistic novel. His first creative work, Punaruppattiya, a collection of short stories published in 1955, was well received. His award-winning novel and acknowledged masterpiece, Charitha Thunak, published in 1963, begins with a scene of peasants working in the field, evoking the intimate relationship between the villager and the earth. In this and other novels, Jayatilake reminds us also of the close-knit society of the village that is guided by common values.

Plays

• Parajithayo
• Charitha Thunak
• Punchirala
• Punchiralage Maranaya
• Rajapakshe Walawwa
• Pitha Maha
• Piya Saha Puththu
• Aprasanna Kathawa
• Adishtana
• Kalo Ayanthe
• Maya Maliga
• Manahkalpita Vartavak Hevath Ardha Navakatavak
• Mahallekuge Prema Katavak
• Mathu sambandai
• Ekagei Avurudhdha
• Vajira Pabbatha
• Katu Saha Mal
• Diyaniya Apasu Yai
• Punaruthpaththiya
• Delowata Nathi Aya

External links

• The living icon of Sinhala Literature
• A critique of K. Jayatilaka's novels
• K. Jayatilake, 1926-