Gunadasa Amarasekera is one of the most famous Sri Lankan Poets. He was born in 1929, in Yattalamatta, a remote village around 15 miles inland of Galle, Sri Lanka. Gunadasa Amarasekera is also well-known as a great novelist, essayist, short story writer, literary critic, and a social activist.
As a child, Gunadasa Amarasekera first attended the missionary school in Baddegama, and then the Mahinda College in Galle. He later moved to Colombo and entered the Nalanda College. After finishing school, he entered the University of Ceylon to study Dentistry. He graduated from there as a Dental Surgeon.
Gunadasa Amarasekara is known as a founding father of modern Sinhalese literature.
Books written by Gunadasa Amarasekara:
- Amal Bisso
- Anagarika Dharmapala Marxvaadida?
- Arunaluseren Arunodhyata
- Asak Da Kava
- Asathya Kathawak
- Bhaava Gita
- Depa Nollado
- Ekama Katava
- Ekatamen Polawata
- Gal Pilimaya saha Bol pilimaya
- Gamanaka Mula
- Gamdoren Eliyata
- Ganaduru Madiyama Dakinemi Arunalu
- Gandabba Apadanaya
- Jeevana Suwanda
- Karumakkarayo
- Kavhandayaka Kathandaraya
- Katha Pahak
- Premaye Sathya Kathawa
- Rathu Rosa Mala