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Sirilal Kodikara

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Sirilal Kodikara ( ?- present) is a novelist ,poet and a journalists 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" in the form of a two stanza poem ,heavily laced with biting critcism of whoever was in power , was a must read during the 1970's and 80's.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
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