Gunadasa Amarasekara Explained

Gunadasa Amarasekara
Birth Place:	Galle District, Sri Lanka
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Known For:	Short story writing, poetry
Education:	Mahinda College, Galle Nalanda College Colombo University of Ceylon
Occupation:	Dental Surgeon

Gunadasa Amarasekera (born 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka.^[1] ^[2]

Early life and education

Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

In the early 1950s, his short story “Soma” was selected to represent Ceylon in a world short story competition organized by the New York Herald Tribune. It was published in the collection of World Prize Stories in 1952.^[6]

Dr Amarasekara was presented with the Nalanda Keerthi Sri award in 2010 by his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Amarasekera is a graduate of University of Ceylon and is a Dental Surgeon by profession.He is one of the founding fathers of the Peradeniya school of literary tradition of modern Sri Lankan literature.^[10]

Publications

A list of literary works of Amarasekara,^[11]

Novels

Karumakkarayo (1953)
Yali Upannemi (1960)
Gandhabba Apadanaya (1969)
Asathya Kathawak (1981)
Premaye Sathya Kathawa (1983)
Gamanaka Mula (1988)
Gamdoren Eliyata (1990)
Vanka Giriyaka (1992)
Inimaga Ehalata (1992)
Yali Maga Wetha (1993)
Duru Rataka Dukata Kiriyaka (1999)

Short stories

Rathu Rosa Mala (1950)
Jeevana Suwanda (1957)
Ekama Kathawa (1972)
Katha Pahak (1975)
Gal Pilimaya Saha Bol Pilimaya (1989)
Marana Manchakaye Dutu Sihinaya (1993)

Poems

Bhaavageeta(1952)
Uyanaka Hinda Litu Kavi (1957)
Amal Bisso (1958)
Gurulu Watha (1972)
Avarjana (1972)
Asak Da Kava (2003)

Plays

Pavuru Padanam (1970)
Kavhandayaka Kathandaraya (1991)

Literary criticism

Vicharaya Saha Vinodaya (1951)
Aliya Saha Andayo (1966)
Abuddassa Yugayak (1976)
Anagarika Dharmapala Marxvaadida? (1980)
Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu (1988)
Arunaluseren Arunodhyata (1991)
Jathika Chinthanaya saha Jaathika Aarthikaya (1993)
Sinhala Kawya Sampradaya (1996)

External links

Gunadasa Amarasekara, Library of Congress New Delhi Office.
"Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist — philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil" an article by Malinda Seneviratne
Web site: Reflections on Karunaratne Abeysekera . Daily News . 2006-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124057/http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/09/21/fea10.asp . 4 June 2011 . dmy-all .
Gunadasa Amarasekara and contemporary Sinhalese literature
A unique celebration for a writer

Notes and References

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=127452 Martin Wickramasinghe and modern Sinhala poetry
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2015/07/22/january-8th-election-win-a-revolution-or-a-conspiracy/ January 8th election win a revolution or a conspiracy?
Web site: Henry Jayasena 'A gifted and decent human being….'. 2014-06-23. 2007. island. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194342/http://www.island.lk/2007/12/12/midweek4.html. dead.
Web site: In memory of Henry Jayasena. 2014-06-23. 2011. island.
http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/10/20/news33.asp Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara nominated for Nalanda Keerthi Sri 2010
Web site: The South Asian Literary Recording Project. . January 11, 2016.
http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/10/20/news33.asp Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara nominated for Nalanda Keerthi Sri 2010
https://web.archive.org/web/20160107034239/http://www.nalanda.sch.lk/alumni/nalanda-keerthi-sri Nalanda Keerthi Sri
http://dailynews.lk/2017/11/29/features/135852/effervescent-thespian Effervescent thespian
Web site: A novelist can't detach from society . 29 July 2015 . 23 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123122539/http://www.nation.lk/2008/09/28/eye3pic1.pdf . dead .
Book: Gunawardana, C. A.. Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka (revised). 2005 . 9781932705485. Sterlin Publishers Privet Limited. New Delhi. 13. en.