Information AboutGunadasa Amarasekara |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT GUNADASA AMARASEKARA | |
| sri lankan novelists | |
| amarasekera, gunadasa | |
| sri lankan poets | |
| sri lankan writers | |
| sri lankan dentists | |
| 1929 births | |
| living people | |
| old nalandians | |
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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
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