Siri Gunasinghe

Biography

        Birthday - February 18th 1925

        Native Place – Kegalle in Sri Lanka

Fields –

        Literary Criticism

        Sanskrit Language

        Cinema

        Ancient Art

Education –

        Mahinda College, Galle

        University of Ceylon

Working Experiences –

        Lecturer at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

        Lecturer at the University of Victoria, British Columbia

        Professor in the Department of History in Art

Publication -

Sinhala

Abinikmana ("The Renunciation of worldly Life")

Cirantana sampradāya hā pragatiya ("Tradition and Innovation"; non-fiction work)

Hevanälla ("The Shadow")

Mandārama ("Rainy Sky")

Mas lē näti äṭa ("Bones without Flesh and Blood")

Ratu käkuḷa ("The red Bud")

Satsamudra ("The seven Seas")

Other languages

Masks of Ceylon

Buddhist Paintings from Sri Lanka (Kandy Period)

La Technique de la Peinture Indienne


  • Introducer of stream of consciousness narrative style into Sinhalese novels