But Wickramasinghe knew, in a way his nationalist critics – even supporters – did not, that the village could not stand for long. He likened our attempts to reclaim the past to a search for kalunika: ...

Martin Wickramasinghe’s writing has the ability to capture any frame of mind. ... There’s an interesting story about the Wickramasinghe home-in 1941 the colonial government took over the village of ...

By Uditha Devapriya The novelist Last Saturday marked the 131st birth anniversary of Martin Wickramasinghe. In a career spanning 59 years – from his first work, Leela, published in 1914, to his last, ...

The 119th birth anniversary of Martin Wickramasinghe fell on May 29: Martin Wickramasinghe (1890-1976) was the most outstanding literary figure of the 20th century, ... His early childhood education ...

Martin Wickramasinghe was the most popular and the best writer during the previous century. He depicted some actual points in his novels by using characters from his village, Koggala, who were real.

Martin Wickramasinghe would pass away six years after the Prize Giving, almost 15 years after Fraser’s passing. Fraser’s contribution, and Wickramasinghe’s affirmation of it, underlies a vision of ...