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2. Martin Wickramasinghe - Wikipedia

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   Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (commonly known as Martin Wickramasinghe) ( Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහ) (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan journalist and author. His books have been translated into several different languages. [1] Martin Wickramasinghe is often acclaimed as the ...

3. The Famous Five - Wikipedia

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   The Famous Five is a series of children's adventure novels and short stories written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy. The vast majority of the stories take place in ...

4. Sybil Wettasinghe - Wikipedia

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   Don Dharmapala Wettasinghe (m.1955 d.1988) Children. 4. Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe ( Sinhala: සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ) (31 October 1927 – 1 July 2020) was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka. [1] [2] Considered as the doyen of children's literature in Sri Lanka, Wettasinghe has produced more ...

5. Viragaya - Wikipedia

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   Viragaya ( Devoid of Passions) is a 1956 novel written by Martin Wickremasinghe. The novel is considered an outstanding work in modern Sinhalese fiction due to the significance of its theme and the sophistication of its technique. [1] The story is based on a virtuous character called Aravinda, a Sinhalese youth raised in a traditional Buddhist ...

6. Category:Novels set in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Yuganthaya. Categories: Novels set in Asia by country. Sri Lanka in fiction. Books about Sri Lanka. Novels set in the Indian Ocean. Novels by country of setting. Novels by island country of setting. Works set in Sri Lanka.

7. Kumaratunga Munidasa - Wikipedia

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   Kumaratunga Munidasa ( Sinhala: කුමාරතුංග මුනිදාස; 25 July 1887 – 2 March 1944) was a pioneer Sri Lankan ( Sinhalese) linguist, grammarian, commentator, and writer. He founded the Hela Havula movement, which sought to remove Sanskrit influences from the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most ...

8. Kaliyugaya (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village. The final book of the trilogy is Yuganthaya (culmination of the era). It was adapted into a movie by Lester ...

9. Anuradhapura period - Wikipedia

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   The Anuradhapura period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka of the Anuradhapura Kingdom from 377 BCE to 1017 CE. The period begins when Pandukabhaya, King of Upatissa Nuwara moved the administration to Anuradhapura, becoming the kingdom's first monarch. Anuradhapura is heralded as an ancient cosmopolitan citadel with diverse populations.