MARTIN WICKRAMASINGHE
Martin Wickramasinghe also knowan as "කොග්ගල මහා පාඥයා" it means " Scholar of Koggala" and "හෙළයේ මහා ගත්කරු" means "The Greatest Writter in Sri Lanka".
He was born in1890 at Koggala.Through his work that the modern Sinhala novel and short story came to maturity. At the age fuve he was taught Sinhala alphabet at home and in the village temple by monk.Then he was sent to an English school in Galle called Buona Vista.In two years he spent at the school but after his father's dead he returened his village and lost his inerest in schooling.Eventhough he couldn't get perfect education anyone couldn't dare his writting skill.He became a one of the greatest writers and most adorable character in Sri Lankan Literature.
Madol Doova is one of his most popular novels and has now gone through eighteen impressions; it has already been translated into English, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian and Romanian. Among his other novels , perhaps the best known are the Gamperaliya (Uprooted)which catches the mood of Sinhala society in transition, with traditional ways and values experiencing the pressures of modernity. And also it is diferent kind of love story rather than others.Viragaya (Beyond Passion) when you read it definetly your eyes will fill with tears. And Bava Tharanaya which retells the life of the Buddha.He has written several books of literary criticism and of essay on sociological and cultural subject in both Sinhala and English.
Among his other novels the Madol doova,Gamperaliya and Viragaya whic are the novels I really love and ever remain in my memory. His other workes are , Karuvala gedara, kaliyugaya, yuganthaya, Ape Gama, Wahallu, Irangani, Hada Sakki Keema, Pawkarayata Gal Gaseema, Kalunika Seweema, Upanda Sita, Lay Bare the Roots, Revolution and Evolution, Buddhism and Culture, From the Cardle, Leela, Rohini.etc......
He was born in1890 at Koggala.Through his work that the modern Sinhala novel and short story came to maturity. At the age fuve he was taught Sinhala alphabet at home and in the village temple by monk.Then he was sent to an English school in Galle called Buona Vista.In two years he spent at the school but after his father's dead he returened his village and lost his inerest in schooling.Eventhough he couldn't get perfect education anyone couldn't dare his writting skill.He became a one of the greatest writers and most adorable character in Sri Lankan Literature.
Madol Doova is one of his most popular novels and has now gone through eighteen impressions; it has already been translated into English, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian and Romanian. Among his other novels , perhaps the best known are the Gamperaliya (Uprooted)which catches the mood of Sinhala society in transition, with traditional ways and values experiencing the pressures of modernity. And also it is diferent kind of love story rather than others.Viragaya (Beyond Passion) when you read it definetly your eyes will fill with tears. And Bava Tharanaya which retells the life of the Buddha.He has written several books of literary criticism and of essay on sociological and cultural subject in both Sinhala and English.
Among his other novels the Madol doova,Gamperaliya and Viragaya whic are the novels I really love and ever remain in my memory. His other workes are , Karuvala gedara, kaliyugaya, yuganthaya, Ape Gama, Wahallu, Irangani, Hada Sakki Keema, Pawkarayata Gal Gaseema, Kalunika Seweema, Upanda Sita, Lay Bare the Roots, Revolution and Evolution, Buddhism and Culture, From the Cardle, Leela, Rohini.etc......
You can buy most of his workes from English translation and Tamil translation in Sri Lanka.
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