Sri Lankan Novelists

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Ambalavaner Sivanandan, Anura Horatious, Arisen Ahubudu, Carl Muller, Chandrarathna Bandara, David Blacker, Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Eric Illayapparachchi, G. B. Senanayake, Gunadasa Amarasekara, Jean Arasanayagam, K. Jayatillake, Lucky de Chickera, Martin Wickramasinghe, Nihal De Silva, Piyasena Kahandagamage, Rajiva Wijesinha, Regi Siriwardena, Romesh Gunesekera, Rosemary Rogers, Sandadas Coperehewa, Shehan Karunatilaka, Shyam Selvadurai, Simon Navagattegama, Sirilal Kodikara, Siri Gunasinghe, Sugathapala de Silva, T. B. Ilangaratne, Tissa Abeysekara, W. A. Silva. Excerpt: Deshabandu Kalasuri Vishvaprasdini, also known as Dr. Tissa Abeysekera, (May 7, 1939 - April 18, 2009) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, writer, critic, presenter, interviewer and political activist. Tissa Ananda Abeysekera Guneratne de Fonseka was born in Maharagama, a railroad town 12 miles southeast of Colombo to Sir Arthur Solomn de Fonseka and lady Agnus de Fonseka. Tissa is also the grandson of Sir Carolis de Fonseka, who was a Mudliar to the British and is the great-grandson of Sir Solomn de Fonseka, who was a Gate Mudliar, although Tissa hails from the House of Greenlands in Havlock town, his father and mother happened to be middle-class folk. Due to loss of wealth, Tissa's father declared bankruptcy in 1949; however, it was after this that Tissa said he found himself.. He was not sent to school until age 11 due to poor health, and was tutored at home, after which he was educated at Dharmapala Vidyalaya; as a result of his father's loss he was unable to be tutored at home. In school Tissa excelled as an outstanding marksman both as a junior and senior cadet, and also as a brilliant soccer player all the way to first fifteen. Tissa eventually held duties as Head Prefect. Tissa was to go to university to gain an L.L.B. and become a practicing...