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: ...

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 book edited by Nuwara Eliye Hemapala – diligent researcher attached to the Martin Wickremasinghe Trust contains 14 articles related to Sinhala cinema written by Martin Wickramasinghe. Many never ...

Martin Wickramasinghe was born on May 29, 1890. He died on July 23, 1976. Today is June 18. In one sense, he does not seem to have passed away. ..

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 ...

Martin Wickramasinghe was born on May 29, 1892. According to the era he lived in, it was surprising that he criticised witchcraft. He believed witchcraft was misleading people.

Martin Wickramasinghe is one of the country’s literary giants, his works read and reread by successive generations of Sri Lankans. Bringing his work to a wider audience, Sarasa Publishers, the sole ...