P. B. Jayasekara Explained

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

Works

Short story books

• (Sinhala; Sinhalese: කොටියා)-^[1]

Translations

• (Sinhala; Sinhalese: නාඬන් දරුව)-.^[2]
• (Sinhala; Sinhalese: කුරුසයේ ලු යක්ෂයා)-^[3]
• (Sinhala; Sinhalese: නිසල කඳු) -^[4]
• Beloved (Sinhala; Sinhalese: බිලව්ඩ්)- ^[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 in (Sinhala; Sinhalese: සන්දේශය)^[7] and (Sinhala; Sinhalese: 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/

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

Notes and References

1. Kotiya. Sri Lanka Eksath prawrthipathrasamagama(ලංකාවේ සීමාසහිත එක්සත් ප්‍රව්ර්ති පත්‍ර සමාගම) 1997ISBN 955-9034-34-0
2. Book: Nadan Daruwa.. P.B Jayasekara (trans.). Nipuna Entreprice.. 1997. 955-96242-1-0.
3. Book: Kurusaye lu yakshaya. P.B Jayasekara (trans.). Nipuna Entreprice. 1997. 955-96242-1-0.
4. Book: Nisala Kadu.. P.B Jayadekara. Vidarshana Publishes(විදර්ශන ප්‍රකාශකයෝ). 2006. 955 8033 92 8.
5. Book: Beloved. Vidarshana publishes(විදර්ශන ප්‍රකාශකයෝ).. 2007. 978-955-1559-04-5.
6. News: Sunday observer newspapers,Sri Lanka. P.B Jayasekara. 1987–1989.
7. News: Sandesaya magazine,Sri Lanka. geocities.com/molarslk. 2004–2006. 1800-0193.
8. News: vivarana magazine. 2004–2006.