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Gunadasa Amarasekara




Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala Writer , Poet , and Essayist . Born in Yattalamatta close to Galle , he studied at Mahinda College and Ananda College . 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 critisized 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 Sinahala 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



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