P.B Jayasekara

Jayasekara in 2010

P.B. Jayasekara(පි.බි.ජයසේකර), also known as Premathilaka Jayasekara, is a Sri Lankan short story writer and translator. His short story, kotiya(sinhala කොටියා )was awarded the first place at the Ravaya (Sinhala / රාවය) literary festivals in 1993 and Daruduka(sinhalaදරුදුක)won the first place at the "Independent literary festival"(Sinhala ස්වදීන සහිත්‍ය උළෙල ) in 1994.

Works

Short story books

• Kotiya(Sinhala- කොටියා)-ISBN 955-9034-34-0 ^[1]

Translations

• Nadan Daruwa (Sinhala නාඬන් දරුව)-ISBN 955-96242-1-0.^[2]
• Kurusaye lu yakshaya (Sinhala කුරුසයේ ලු යක්ෂයා)-ISBN 955-96242-0-2^[3]
• Nisala Kadu (sinhala නිසල කඳු) -ISBN 955 8033 92 8-^[4]
• Beloved (Sinhala බිලව්ඩ්)- ISBN 978 955 1559 04 5^[5]

Writing career

P.B. Jayasekara started his writing career as a top-level journalist. In the 1980s, he was one of the leading historical article writers in Sri Lanka. His articles were published in The Island and The Sunday Observer.^[6] Later he became a sub-editor in Sandesaya in (sinhala සන්දේශය)^[7] and Vivarana ( sinhala විවරන) magazines ^[8]

See Also The Official website of P.B Jayasekara

• http://pbjayasekara.webs.com

Read his short stories online

• http://sinhalinketikatha.blogspot.com/
• http://pbjayasekara.webs.com/apps/links/

References

1. ^ Kotiya. Sri Lanka Eksath prawrthipathra samagama( ලංකාවේ සීමාසහිත එක්සත් ප්‍රව්ර්ති පත්‍ර සමාගම) 1997ISBN 955-9034-34-0
2. ^ Nadan Daruwa.. Nipuna Entreprice.. 1997. ISBN ISBN 955-96242-1-0. 
3. ^ Kurusaye lu yakshaya. Nipuna Entreprice. 1997. ISBN 955-96242-1-0. 
4. ^ Nisala Kadu.. Vidarshana Publishes(විදර්ශන ප්‍රකාශකයෝ). 2006. ISBN ISBN 955 8033 92 8. 
5. ^ Beloved. Vidarshana publishes(විදර්ශන ප්‍රකාශකයෝ).. 2007. ISBN ISBN 978 955 1559 04 5. 
6. ^ "Sunday observer newspapers ,Sri Lanka". 1987-1989. 
7. ^ "Sandesaya magazine,Sri Lanka". http://www.geocities.com/molarslk^{[dead link]}. 2004-2006. ISSN 1800-0193. 
8. ^ "vivarana magazine". 2004-2006. 

External links

Sandesaya Magazine-Official website

• http://www.geocites.com/molarslk

Vidarshana publishes

• http://www.sinharaja.com/b2bhub/business.asp?xi=506&xp=502&xs=Vidarshana+Publishers

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Name	Jayasekara, P. B.
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