Sri Lankan literature

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 amount of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Pāli, Tamil, and English).

Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers is greater than that of the Tamil and English writers combined and has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.

List of names

Pali Writers

• Mahanama Thero
• Vedeha Thera

Sinhala Writers

Liyanage Amarakerthi Gunadasa Amarasekara Somaratne Balasooriya Indu Perera Chandraratna Bandara Asoka Colombage Shri Charles De Silva Sugathapala de Silva Aluthgamage Simon De Silva Daya Dissanayake Ranjith Dharmakeerthi N.H Yadun Gunaratne Siri Gunasinghe T.B. Ilangaratne Eric Illayapparachchi Jayasena Jayakody Soma Jayakody Karunasena Jayalath P.B Jayasekara Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatillake K. Jayatillake

P. M. Jayatillake Piyasena Kahandagamage Kapila Kumara Kalinga D.F. Kariyakarawana Jayatilleke Kammallaweera Kumara Karunaratna Munidasa Kumaratunga Sirilal Kodikara Dharma Sri Kuruppu Gunadasa Liyanage Sunanda Mahendra Anula Wijeratne Menike Hemapala Munidasa Arawwala Nandimitra Simon Navagattegama Rupa Sriyani Ekanayake Cyril C. Perera Tennyson Perera Kamal Perera Sumithra Rahubadda Sunethra Rajakarunanayake

Maya Ranjan Madawala S. Ratnayake Nandasena Ratnapala Ediriweera Sarachchandra Upulshantha Sannasgala Mahagama Sekara G. B. Senanayake G. S. B. Senanayake H. A. Seneviratna A. V. Suraweera Benthota Albert Silva Piyadasa Sirisena W. A. Silva Janaki Sooriyarachchi Miniwan P. Tillakaratne Ajith Thilakasena Sena Thoradeniya Gunasena Vithana Sybil Wettasinghe Martin Wickramasinghe Sarath Wijesooriya Gunadasa liyanage

Sinhala Poets

Veththawe Thero Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thero Gajaman Nona Elapatha Mudali Munidasa Kumaratunga S. Mahinda Thero Sagara Palansooriya P. B. Alwis Perera Wimalaratne Kumaragama Rafael Tennakoon Arisen Ahubudu Siri Gunasinghe Mahagama Sekara Gunadasa Amarasekara Parakrama Kodituwakku Buddhadasa Galappatty Monica Ruwanpathirana Eric Illayapparachchi

Rathna Sri Wijesinghe Sunil Ariyaratne Sunil Sarath Perera Senerath Gonsalkorala Kithsiri Nimalshantha Sirilal Kodikara Ariyawansha Ranaweera Dharma Sri Kuruppu Lal Hegoda Darshana Medis Upananda Batugedara Meemana Prematilaka H.M. Kudaligama Wimlasiri Perera D.A. Kumarasingha U.A.S. Prera ( Siri Ayiya) Kapila E. Senevirathna John Rajadasa

Wilson Hagoda Wimalendra Wathuregama Bantis Ranaweera Makandure Gunawardana B.H. Amarasena Sudharma Senevirathna Chandrasena Batugedara Somapala Jayakody Sesiri Wijesekara Manjula Wediwardana Upul Senadheerage Thushari Priyangika Vipuli Niroshini Hettiarachchi Lakshantha Athukorala Gamunu P. Dasanayake Eng.Tharindu Weerasinghe Upekala Bhagya Athukorala Capt. Tharindu Weerasinghe Sajeewani Kasthuriarachchi Udaya R.Tennakoon

Sunanda Karunaratna

Essayists and Nonfictional Writers

Martin Wickramasinghe Ediriweera Sarachchandra Gunadasa Amarasekara Nalin de Silva

Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe Karthigesu Sivathamby Benedict Dodampegama Jayalal Rohana

Roland Abeypala Shelton Payagala Sucharitha Gamlath J B Disanayake Sunanda Karunaratna

Sinhala Play Writers

John de Silva Ediriweera Sarachchandra Sugathapala de Silva Sunanda Mahendra Simon Navagattegama Gunasena Galappatty Dayananda Gunawardena

Henry Jayasena Dhamma Jagoda R.R Samarakoon Jayalath Manorathne K.B Herath Kapila Kumara Kalinga

Ranjith Dharmakeerthi Jayalal Rohana Dhanajaya Karunarthne Piyal Kriyawasam Rajitha Disanayaka Taranga Galappatty

Sinhala Radio Play Writers

Karunartha Amarasinghe Ananda Amarasiri Sugathapala de Silva Malaka Dewapriya Dayananda Gunawardena Thilak Jayarathne J.H Jayawardene Kathaline Jayawardene Rohana Kasturi

Sirilal Kodikara Sunanda Mahendra Victor Migel Megala Mudiyanse Dharma Sri Munasinghe Aravvala Nandimithra Simon Navagattegama Karuna Perera K.A.W Perera

Mervine Senarathne Ananda Sirisena Mudalinayaka Somarathne Sumithra Rahubadde Jayalal Rohana Udaya R Tennakoon P.Velikala

Sri Lankan Tamil authors

Eelattu Poothanthevanar Murugesu Ponnambalam

Dominic Jeeva A. Kandasamy

Varadar S.F.Reena Naushad S.Rameswaran

Pa.Ahilan

A.Jeuraja Chattanathan Nanthini Xevair Ranjakumar M.A.Nuhman

Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English

Gertrude De Livera Michael Ondaatje Nira Wickramasinghe Jayadeva Uyangoda Romesh Gunesekera Shyam Selvadurai Tissa Abeysekara Carl Muller Janaki Sooriyarachchi Ashok Ferry Punyakante Wijenaike Chitra Fernando Samuel Ratnajeevan H. Hoole Michael Ratnarajan R. Hoole J. Wijetunge Anne Ranasinghe

A. J. Gunawardena Regi Siriwardena Jean Arasanayagam Pradeep Jeganathan Lishan Perera Kusal Perera Aditha Dissanayake Sunethra Rajakarunanayake Ameena Hussein Madhubashini Ratnayake Isankya Kodithuwakku Rajiva Wijesinha Lal Medawattegedara Nihal De Silva

Vivimarie Vanderpoorten Elmo Jayawardena Manuka Wijesinghe Anura Saparamadu Daya Dissanayake Tharindu Weerasinghe Delon Weerasinghe Sena Thoradeniya Dineli Jayasekara Jayashantha Jayawardhana Ruwanthie de Chickera V.V. Ganeshananthan Ru Freeman David Blacker Pramod Kandanarachchi Ravi Sathasivam Niromi de Soyza Udaya R. Tennakoon Shehan Karunatilaka See also Sri Lankan culture Henry Parker (author), British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka External links [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Gertrude De Livera - BOONDI.LK - Sri Lankan Site for Literature, Arts and Politics - A list of recommended Sri Lankan literature Heart Chakra References