Gunadasa Amarasekara
| Gunadasa Amarasekera | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1929 Galle District, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
 Sri Lankan |
| Education |
Mahinda College, Galle Nalanda College Colombo University of Ceylon |
| Occupation | Dental Surgeon |
| Known for | Short story writing, Poetry |
| Religion | Buddhist |
Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo. He is a graduate of University of Ceylon and a Dental Surgeon by profession. He is one of the founding fathers of the Peradeniya school of literary tradition of modern Sri Lankan literature. He was a controversial figure from the outset, due to the subject matter and style. He later did a complete turn around and criticised his own works like "Gandabba Apadanaya".
After the 1970s, he moved to social, cultural, and political criticism. Together with Nalin de Silva, he was responsible for the Jaathika Chinthanaya (national consciousness) movement which dominates Sinhala intellectual debate from mid-1980s to the current date.
Books
- Jeevana Suwanda
- Rathu Rosa Mala
- Karumakkarayo
- Depa Nollado
- Asathya Kathawak
- Premaye Sathya Kathawa
- Gamanaka Mula
- Gamanaka Aga
- Gamdoren Eliyata
- Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu
- Ekatamen Polawata
- Amal Bisso
- Gandabba Apadanaya
- Asak Da Kava
- Arunaluseren Arunodhyata
- Anagarika Dharmapala Marxvaadida?
- Bhaava Gita
- Ekama Katava
- Gal Pilimaya saha Bol pilimaya
- Jathika Chinthanaya saha Jaathika Aarthikaya
- Katha Pahak
- Kavhandayaka Kathandaraya
External links & References
- Gunadasa Amarasekara, Library of Congress New Delhi Office.
- "Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist — philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil" an article by Malinda Seneviratne
- "Reflections on Karunaratne Abeysekera". Daily News. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
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