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, ...

By Uditha Devapriya The Martin Wickramasinghe Collection at the National Library in Colombo contains over 5,000 books. Most of them are worn out and dusty, though well preserved. Some are recent ...

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 (1890-1976) was the most outstanding literary figure of the 20th century, ... His complete works include 14 novels and 104 short stories, all in Sinhala. He has published 40 ...

Martin Wickramasinghe was born on May 29, 1890. He died on July 23, 1976. Today is June 18. ... Madol Doowa. I remember the author of the sketch (our Sinhala teacher) ...