Sri Lankan literature

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.

History

List of Names

Pali Writers

*Mahanama Thero
*Vedeha Thera

inhala Writers

*Nipuna Sheshan
*N.H Yadun Gunaratne
*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

inhala Poets

*Veththawe Thero
*Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thero
*Gajaman Nona
*Elapatha 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

Essayists

*Martin Wickramasinghe
*Ediriweera Sarachchandra
*Gunadasa Amarasekara
*Nalin de Silva
*Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
*Karthigesu Sivathamby
*Benedict Dodampegama

ri Lankan Tamil authors

*Eelattu Poothanthevanar
*Murugesu Ponnambalam
*Dominic Jeeva
*A. Kandasamy
*Varadar

ri Lankan authors who write in English

* [http://www.gertrudedelivera.com/ Gertrude De Livera -]
*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
*Lishan Perera
*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

External links

* [http://www.lankalibrary.com/]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/srilitt.html]
* [http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/all-countries.html]
* [http://www.tamilcanadian.com/northeastern_herald/pageview.php?ID=1907&SID=390]
* [http://www.lankahands.com/category.php?id=15]
* [http://www.gertrudedelivera.com/ Gertrude De Livera -]