Kaliyugaya martin wickramasinghe biography
- Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ) (– 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan journalist and author.
- Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957.
- "Kaliyugaya," published in 1957 by Martin Wickramasinghe, is a pivotal novel in Sri Lankan literature.
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Martin Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan journalist, writer (1890–1976)
Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (commonly known as Martin Wickramasinghe) (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ) (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was a Sri Lankan journalist and author. His books have been translated into several different languages.[1] Martin Wickramasinghe is often acclaimed as the father of modern Sinhala literature.[2][3][4][5]
Early life
Born Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, on 29 May 1890, in the town of Koggala (Galle District),[6] as the only son of Lamahewage Don Bastian Wickramasinghe (father) and Magalle Balapitiya Liyanage Thochchohamy (mother).
At the age of five Wickramasinghe was taught the Sinhala alphabet, at home and in the village temple, by a monk, Andiris Gurunnanse. He also learned the Devanagari script and could recite by memory long sections of the Hitopadesa. After two years he was taken to a vernacular school where he prospered until 1897 when he was sent to an English school in Galle call
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