Sirilal Kodikara

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Sirilal Kodikara ( ?- present) is a novelist, poet and a journalist who writes in Sinhala. He was a Buddhist priest in the early part of his life.

Sirilal Kodikara was famous for his stint as a journalist of now defunct "Aththa" (Truth) newspaper. His daily column "Ranchagoda Lamaya" was in the form of a two stanza poem, heavily laced with biting criticism of whoever was in power, and was very popular during the 1970s and 80s. In addition to his short stories, poems and novels he wrote "Mahawansa Vimansana" (non-fiction) exploring the myths of the chronicle Mahawamsa. His "Manasa Vila" was produced as an opera by Premasiri Khemadasa.