Lionel Wendt

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Lionel Wendt
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Born(1900-12-03)3 December 1900
Sri Lanka
Died19 December 1944(1944-12-19) (aged 44)
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationS. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Inner Temple, Royal Academy of Music
Occupation(s)musician, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer.

Lionel Wendt (3 December 1900 – 19 December 1944) was a Ceylon pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. Wendt was a founder member of the Colombo '43 Group of Sri Lankan artists and along with George Keyt and Harold Peiris is also known for his efforts to popularise Kandyan dance and other Sri Lankan dance forms.[1] The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to his memory.[2]

Wendt's friend and poet Pablo Neruda wrote in his memoirs that Wendt "was the central figure of a cultural life torn between the death rattles of the Empire and a human appraisal of the untapped values of Ceylon." [3]

References

  1. ^ Traditional dance in British Ceylon by Kamalika Pieris (The Island), Retrieved 22 October 2016
  2. ^ "A man with a vision". sundaytimes .lk.
  3. ^ "Lionel Wendt". suriyakantha.

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