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Martin Wickramasinghe

Martin Wickramasinghe was a renowned Sri Lankan author born in 1890 in Koggala, Sri Lanka. He knew 5 languages: Sinhala, English, Pali, Sanskrit, and Prakrit. Some of his most famous publications include novels like Gamperaliya (1944) and Madol Doova (1947) as well as plays, biographies, autobiographies, and works on philosophy. He wrote extensively throughout his life, publishing novels from the 1920s through the 1970s that explored Sri Lankan culture and society.

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Martin Wickramasinghe

Martin Wickramasinghe was a renowned Sri Lankan author born in 1890 in Koggala, Sri Lanka. He knew 5 languages: Sinhala, English, Pali, Sanskrit, and Prakrit. Some of his most famous publications include novels like Gamperaliya (1944) and Madol Doova (1947) as well as plays, biographies, autobiographies, and works on philosophy. He wrote extensively throughout his life, publishing novels from the 1920s through the 1970s that explored Sri Lankan culture and society.

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MARTIN

WICKRAMASINGHE
J.D.Saverus
U4E
CONTENTS
03 Introduction

04 Wickramsinghe family life

05 language

6-8 Publications

14 Summary
INTRODUCTION
Born Don Martin Wickramasinghe, on 29 May 1890, in
the town of Koggala (Galle District), as the only son of
Don Bastian Wickramasinghe (father) and Magalle
Balapitiya Liyanage (mother).

At the age of five Wickramasinghe was taught the


Sinhala alphabet, at home and in the village temple, by a
monk, Andiris Gurunnanse.

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HIS PARENTS
DON BASTIAN WICKRAMASINGHE (FATHER)

MAGALLE BALAPITIYA LIYANAGE


(MOTHER).

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LANGUAGE

o He knew 5 languages
o Sinhala
o English
o Pali
o Sanskrit
o Prakrit
PUBLICATIONS
Gamperaliya (The Uprooted/Changing Village) (1944)
Madol Doova (Mangrove Island) (1947)
Yuganthaya (End of the Era) (1949)
Viragaya (Devoid of Passions) (1956)
Kaliyugaya (Age of Destruction) (1957)
Karuvala Gedara (House of Shadows) (1963)
Bhavatharanaya (Siddhartha's Quest) (1973)

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BOOKS WRITTEN BY WICKRAMASIGNHE

APE GAMA VIRAGIYA MADOL DOOVA BAVATHARANAYA


1940 1956 1947 1973

LEELA KALIYUGAYA KARUVALA GEDARA GAMPERALIYA


1914 1957 1963 1944
PUBLICATIONS

Auto-biograph
novels plays biography philosophy
y

Soma (1920) Vijitha (1952) Chechov Ha Lankava Upanda Sita (From My Sinhala Lakuna (The
(Chechov and Sri Lanka) Childhood) (1961) Sinhalese Identity)
(1970) (1947)

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THANK YOU!

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