Martin Wickramasinghe

  

Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe commonly Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan novelist. His books have been translated into several languages.

The search for roots is a central theme in Wickramasinghe’s writings on the culture and life of the people of Sri Lanka. His work explored and applied modern knowledge in natural and social sciences, literature, linguistics, the arts, philosophy, education, Buddhism and comparative religion. Wickramasinghe is often acclaimed as the father of modern Sinhala literature.

A Comprehensive list of Works by Martin Wickramasinghe

Novels

•  Leela (1914)
•  Soma (1920)
•  Irangani (1923)
•  Seetha (1923)
•  Miringu Diya (Mirage) (1925)
•  Unmada Chitra (1929)
•  Rohini (1929)
•  Gamperaliya (The Uprooted/Changing Village) (1944)
•  Madol Doova (Mangrove Island) (1947)
•  Yuganthaya (End of the Era) (1949)
•  Viragaya (Devoid of Passions) (1956)
•  Kaliyugaya (Age of Destruction) (1957)
•  Karuvala Gedara (House of Shadows) (1963)
•  Bhavatharanaya (Siddhartha’s Quest) (1973)

Short Story Collections

• Geheniyak (A Woman) (1924)
• Magul Gedara (The Wedding) (1927)
• Pavkarayata Galgesima (Stoning the Sinner) (1936);
• Apuru Muhuna (The Strange Face) (1944)
• Handa Sakki Kima (The Moon is Witness) (1945)
• Mara Yuddhaya (Mara’s War) (1945)
• Mage Kathawa (My Story) (1947)
• Vahallu (Bondage) (1951)

Plays

• Chithra (1940)
• Mayuri (1944)
• Vijitha (1952)

Poems, Prose and Literary criticism

• Shastriya Lekshana (Educational Essays) (1919)
• Sinhala Sahitya Katha (Sinhala Literary Essays) (1932);
• Sahitya Shiksha 1 (Essays on Literature) (1936)
• Sahitya Shiksha 2 (1938)
• Vichara Lipi (Literary Criticism) (1941)
• Guttila Gitaya 1 (Critical Review) (1943)
• Sinhala Sahityaye Negima (Landmarks of Sinhala Literature) (1945)
• Sahitya Kalava (Art of Literature) (1950)
• Kavya Vicharaya (Sinhala Poetry: A critical Review) (1954)
• Atta Yutta (Essays in Literature) (1955)
• Bana Katha Sahitya (Buddhist Folk Literature) (1955)
• Nava Padya Sinhalaya (Modern Sinhala P