Jean Arasanayagam

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Jean Arasanayagam (born Jean Solomons, 1930 in Kandy, Sri Lanka) is an English-language poet and fiction writer. The theme in her work is ethnic and religious turmoil in Sri Lanka.

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[edit] Background

Arasanayagam is a Dutch Burgher, the term for offspring of Dutchmen and indigenous women.

[edit] Early life

Arasanayagam attended the Girls' High School, Kandy.[1]

[edit] Works

  • Kindura (1973)
  • Apocalypse '83 (1983)
  • The Cry of the Kite (1984)
  • A Colonial Inheritance and Other Poems (1985)
  • Fragments of a Journey (1992)
  • All Is Burning (1995)

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Abayasekara, Anne. Those schoolgirl days!. Review of Girls’ High School-Kandy Reminiscences (1879-2004). O.G.A. Souvenir.. Rootsweb. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.