Sirilal Kodikara

Sirilal Kodikara ( ?- present) is a novelist, poet and journalist ,Sinhala Radio Play writer who writes in Sinhala. He was a Buddhist priest in the early part of his life.

Sirilal Kodikara was famous for his stint as a journalist of now defunct "Aththa" (Truth) newspaper. His daily column "Ranchagoda Lamaya" was in the form of a two stanza poem, heavily laced with biting criticism of whoever was in power, and was very popular during the 1970s and 80s. In addition to his short stories, poems and novels he wrote "Mahawansa Vimansana" (non-fiction) exploring the myths of the chronicle Mahawamsa. His "Manasa Vila" was produced as an opera by Premasiri Khemadasa.

Books

• Kiyami sihikara
• Mahāvaṃśa vimaṃśana
• Gahen văṭuṇu găhăniya saha tavat aya
• Viśvaya tuḷa viśva
• Ṭayar saya langa nam sthānaya : păbandum daha aṭakin yukta ya
• Mānasa vila saha Kanēru mal
• Diya vălak ossē
• Baka vata
• Kǎlisṭāgē savāriya
• Kanēru mal : vesaṅganaka gē premaya varṇanaya kerena padya kāvyaya
• Magē sākkiya