Gunadasa Amarasekara

Dr Gunadasa Amarasekera
Born	1929 Galle, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation	Dental Surgeon
Known for	Short story writing, Poetry

Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Born in Yattalamatta close to Galle and was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. He is a graduate of University of Ceylon and a Dental Surgeon by profession. He is one of the founding fathers of the Peradeniya school of literary tradition of modern Sri Lankan literature. He was a controversial figure from the outset, due to the subject matter and style. He later did a complete turn around and criticised his own works like "Gandabba Apadanaya".

After 1970s, he moved to social, cultural, and political criticism. Together with Nalin de Silva, he was responsible for the Jaathika Chinthanaya (national consciousness) movement which dominates Sinhala intellectual debate from mid-1980s to the current date.

Books

• Jeevana Suwanda
• Rathu Rosa Mala
• Karumakkarayo
• Depa Nollado
• Asathya Kathawak
• Premaye Sathya Kathawa
• Gamanaka Mula
• Gamdoren Eliyata
• Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu
• Ekatamen Polawata
• Amal Bisso
• Gandabba Apadanaya
• Asak Da Kava
• Arunaluseren Arunodhyata
• Anagarika Dharmapala Marxvaadida?
• Bhaava Gita
• Ekama Katava
• Gal Pilimaya saha Bol pilimaya
• Jathika Chinthanaya saha Jaathika Aarthikaya
• Katha Pahak
• Kavhandayaka Kathandaraya

External links & References

• Gunadasa Amarasekara, Library of Congress New Delhi Office.
• "Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist — philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil" an article by Malinda Seneviratne
• "Reflections on Karunaratne Abeysekera". Daily News. Retrieved 2006-09-21.