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2. Gamperaliya (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Gamperaliya (The Transformation of a Village) is a novel written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe [2] and first published in 1944. Wickremasinghe subsequently wrote Kaliyugaya and Yuganthaya, as a trilogy encompassing three generation of the same family and the changing society, culture and economic environment of Sri Lanka between the early and mid 20th century.

3. Viragaya - Wikipedia

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   Viragaya ( Devoid of Passions) is a 1956 novel written by Martin Wickremasinghe. The novel is considered an outstanding work in modern Sinhalese fiction due to the significance of its theme and the sophistication of its technique. [ 1] The story is based on a virtuous character called Aravinda, a Sinhalese youth raised in a traditional Buddhist ...

4. Piyadasa Sirisena - Wikipedia

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   Piyadasa Sirisena was a Ceylonese pioneer novelist, patriot, journalist, temperance worker and independence activist. [1] He was the author of some of the bestselling Sinhalese novels in early 20th century. A follower of Anagarika Dharmapala, Siresena was the most popular novelist of the era and most of his novels were on nationalistic and ...

5. Kaliyugaya (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's trilogy that started with Gamperaliya - transformation of a village. The final book of the trilogy is Yuganthaya (culmination of the era). It was adapted into a movie by Lester ...

6. Amba Yaluwo - Wikipedia

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   Amba Yaluwo (Sinhala: අඹ යාලුවෝ, lit. 'Best Friends') is a 1957 novel by Sri Lankan author Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne. [1][2][3] The novel has been translated into multiple languages with the English translation by Seneviratne B. Aludeniya being published by Sarasavi Publishers in 1998. [4][5] It is set in the 1930s.

7. W. A. Silva - Wikipedia

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   Died. 3 May 1957. (1957-05-03) (aged 67) Wellawatte, Sri Lanka. Wellawatte Arachchige Abraham Silva, popularly known as W. A. Silva, (16 January 1890 – 3 May 1957) [a] was a best-selling author of Sinhalese literature. Born in Wellawatte, Colombo. [2], he began his career when he wrote his first novel, Siriyalatha, at age 16 after receiving a ...