Siri Gunasinghe
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Siri Gunasinghe (Sinhala siri gunasiṃha; born February 18, 1925) is a premier Sinhalese poet, novelist and literary critic.
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[edit] Career
Gunasinghe taught at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; he has been living in Canada since 1970.
His most outstanding achievement is the introduction of free verse into Sinhalese poetry with the publication of the collection of poems Hevanälla ("The Shadow") in 1960, which caused a major upstir in the literary community at the time. Gunasinghe is one of the most important advocates of the use of spoken language instead of the literary language in Sinhalese literature (see Diglossia).
He also designed costumes (e.g. for Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Manamē) and directed the critically acclaimed movie Satsamudra ("The seven Seas"). He is also considered a pioneer book cover designer in Sri Lanka and has hosted several radio programmes.
[edit] Works
[edit] Sinhala
- Abinikmana ("The Renunciation of worldly Life")
- Cirantana sampradāya hā pragatiya ("Tradition and Innovation"; non-fiction work)
- Hevanälla ("The Shadow")
- Mandārama ("Rainy Sky")
- Mas lē näti äṭa ("Bones without Flesh and Blood")
- Ratu käkuḷa ("The red Bud")
- Satsamudra ("The seven Seas")
[edit] Other languages
- Masks of Ceylon
- Buddhist Paintings from Sri Lanka (Kandy Period)
- La Technique de la Peinture Indienne
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- [1] - Tribute from Prof. Sunanda Mahendra
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