List of Sri Lankan writers explained

The following is a list of Sri Lankan writers of all types.

Poets

See main article: List of Sri Lankan poets.

Novelists

• Tissa Abeysekera
• Nihal De Silva
• Chitra Fernando
• Vijita Fernando
• Romesh Gunesekera
• Indrani Karunarathne
• Shehan Karunatilaka
• Carl Muller
• Michael Ondaatje
• Denagama Siriwardena
• W. A. Silva
• Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
• Sybil Wettasinghe
• Martin Wickramasinghe
• Punyakante Wijenaike
• Rajiva Wijesinha
• G. B. Senanayake
• Sugathapala De Silva
• Mahagama Sekara
• Simon Navagattegama
• Dominic Jeeva
• Ediriweera Sarachchandra
• K. Jayatillake