Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Born in Yattalamatta close to Galle, he studied at Mahinda College 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 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
* Gamdoren Eliyata
* Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu
* Ekatame 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

* [http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/gunadaasaamarasekara.html Gunadasa Amarasekara] , Library of Congress New Delhi Office.
* [http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/people/57.htm "Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist — philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil" an article by Malinda Seneviratne]
* [http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/09/21/fea10.asp Reflections on Karunaratne Abeysekera]


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