Sri Lankan literature
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Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable amount of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Pāli, Tamil, and English).
Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers is greater than that of the Tamil and English writers combined and has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.
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[edit] History
[edit] List of Names
[edit] Pali Writers
- Mahanama Thero
- Vedeha Thera
[edit] Sinhala Writers
- Nipuna Sheshan
- D.F. Kariyakarawana
- Gurulugomi
- Vidya Chakravarthi
- Benthota Albert Silva
- Aluthgamage Simon De Silva
- Piyadasa Sirisena
- W. A. Silva
- Hemapala Munidasa
- Martin Wickramasinghe
- Ediriweera Sarachchandra
- Gunadasa Amarasekara
- Munidasa Kumaratunga
- G. B. Senanayake
- G. S. B. Senanayake
- K. Jayatillake
- P. M. Jayatillake
- Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatillake
- Sugathapala de Silva
- Siri Gunasinghe
- Mahagama Sekara
- Simon Navagattegama
- Madawala S. Ratnayake
- Sunethra Rajakarunanayake
- Piyasena Kahandagamage
- Maya Ranjan
- Gunasena Vithana
- Jayatilleke Kammallaweera
- Sirilal Kodikara
- Ajith Thilakasena
- H. A. Seneviratna
- Jayasena Jayakody
- T. B. Illangaratne
- Kumara Karunaratna
- Karunasena Jayalath
- Upulshantha Sannasgala
- Somaratne Balasooriya
- A. V. Suraweera
- Sumithra Rahubadda
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Anula Wijeratne Menike
- Chandraratna Bandara
- Gunadasa Liyanage
- Miniwan P. Tillakaratne
- Kapila Kumara Kalinga
- Arawwala Nandimitra
- Sarath Wijesooriya
- Tennyson Perera
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Soma Jayakody
- Sena Thoradeniya
- Ranjith Dharmakeerthi
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Nandasena Ratnapala
- Asoka Colombage
- Cyril C. Perera
- Daya Dissanayake
[edit] Sinhala Poets
- Veththawe Thero
- Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thero
- Gajaman Nona
- Alapatha Mudali
- Munidasa Kumaratunga
- S. Mahinda Thero
- Sagara Palansooriya
- P. B. Alwis Perera
- Wimalaratne Kumaragama
- Rafael Tennakoon
- Arisen Ahubudu
- Siri Gunasinghe
- Mahagama Sekara
- Gunadasa Amarasekara
- Parakrama Kodituwakku
- Monica Ruwanpathirana
- Rathna Sri Wijesinghe
- Sunil Ariyaratne
- Sunil Sarath Perera
- Eric Ilayapparachchi
- Senerath Gonsalkorala
- Kithsiri Nimalshantha
- Sirilal Kodikara
- Ariyawansha Ranaweera
- Lal Hegoda
- Darshana Medis
- Upananda Batugedara
- Meemana Prematilaka
- H.M. Kudaligama
- Wimlasiri Perera
- D.A. Kumarasingha
- U.A.S. Prera ( Siri Ayiya)
- Kapila E. Senevirathna
- John Rajadasa
- Wilson Hagoda
- Wimalendra Wathuregama
- Bantis Ranaweera
- Makandure Gunawardana
- B.H. Amarasena
- Sudharma Senevirathna
- Chandrasena Batugedara
- Somapala Jayakody
- Sesiri Wijesekara
[edit] Essayists
- Martin Wickramasinghe
- Ediriweera Sarachchandra
- Gunadasa Amarasekara
- Nalin de Silva
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
- Karthigesu Sivathamby
- Benedict Dodampegama
[edit] Sri Lankan Tamil authors
- Eelattu Poothanthevanar
- Murugesu Ponnambalam
- Dominic Jeeva
- A. Kandasamy
- Varadar
[edit] Sri Lankan authors who write in English
- Michael Ondaatje
- Romesh Gunesekera
- Shyam Selvadurai
- Carl Muller
- Ashok Ferry
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Chitra Fernando
- J. Wijetunge
- Anne Ranasinghe
- A. J. Gunawardena
- Regi Siriwardena
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Pradeep Jeganathan
- Kusal Perera
- Aditha Dissanayake
- Sunethra Rajakarunanayake
- Ameena Hussein
- Madhubashini Ratnayake
- Isankya Kodithuwakku
- Rajiva Wijesinha
- Lal Medawattegedara
- Nihal De Silva
- Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
- Elmo Jayawardena
- Daya Dissanayake
- Tharindu Darshana Weerasinghe
- Delon Weerasinghe
