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2. Gamperaliya (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Gamperaliya (The Transformation of a Village) is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1944. Wickremasinghe subsequently wrote Kaliyugaya and Yuganthaya, as a trilogy encompassing three generation of the same family and the changing society, culture and economic environment of Sri Lanka between the early and mid 20th century.

3. Guththila Kawya - Wikipedia

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   Guththila Kawya ( Sinhala: ගුත්තිල කාව්‍ය, Anglicized: Guttila Kāvya) is a book of poetry written in the period of the Kingdom of Kotte (1412-1597) by Weththewe Thero. [1] The book is based on a story of previous soul of Gautama Buddha mentioned on Guththila Jataka in Jataka tales of Gautama Buddha. Guththila kawya ...

4. G. B. Senanayake - Wikipedia

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   P. B. Senanayake (nephew) Gunathilake Bandara Senanayake (14 July 1913 – 16 March 1985) (known as G.B Senanayake) ( Sinhala: ජී.බී. සේනානායක) was a prominent Sinhala author who portrayed Sinhala middle-class life in his novels. He is credited with introducing free verse poetry to Sinhala. He became blind later in his ...

5. Jayadeva Uyangoda - Wikipedia

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   Jayadeva Uyangoda. Jayadeva Uyangoda (born 13 September 1950) is a Sri Lankan political scientist. [1] [2] [3] He is a constitutional expert in Sri Lanka . Jayadewa Uyangoda was a leftist student leader and a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) movement in the 1970s. [4] He was arrested following the aborted insurrection of 1971 and ...

6. Mahagama Sekara - Wikipedia

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   Mahagama Sekera ( Mahagamage Sekera) ( Sinhala :මහගම සේකර / මහගමගේ සේකර ) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) was a famed Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker. He is considered to be a groundbreaking figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. He is best remembered ...

7. Simon Navagattegama - Wikipedia

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   Simon Navagattegama [also spelled Nawagattegama] (September 15, 1940 – October 9, 2005) was a Sinhala novelist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, playwright and actor.. He is well known for his novel Sansararanye Dhadayakkaraya (Hunter in the wilderness of the Sansara) for its magical realism which is influenced by Buddhist mythologies, Mahayana Buddhist concepts and Freudian and Jungian ...