K. Jayatillake
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K. Jayatillake | |
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Died | 14 September 2011 | (aged 85)
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Spouse | Sumana Jayatillake |
Kaluachchigamage Jayatillake (Sinhala:කේ.ජයතිලක) (27 June 1926 – 14 September 2011), known as K.Jayatillake, is 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 is the father of four children.
K Jayatilake is 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.
Works
- 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
- Ekage Avurudhdha
- Vajira Pabbatha
- Katu Saha Mal
- Diyaniya Apasu Yai
- Punaruthpaththiya
- Delowata Nathi Aya