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Martin Wickramasinghe


Born
in Koggala, Sri Lanka
May 29, 1890

Died
July 23, 1976

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Genre
Fiction, Children's


The search for roots is the central theme in Martin Wickramasinghe’s writings on the culture and life of the people of Sri Lanka. He imaginatively explored and applied modern knowledge in natural and social sciences, literature, linguistics, the arts, philosophy, education, and Buddhism and comparative religion to reach beyond the superficial emotionalism of vulgar nationalism, and guide us to the enduring roots of our common national identity that exists in the folklife and folk culture of Sri Lanka...

Martin Wickramasinghe’s vision was primarily nurtured in the tolerant, humane, realistic attitude to life traditional to Buddhist folk culture. He valued the intellectual freedom and independence inspired by the Buddha’s ‘Kalama Sutta� which ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 5,093 ratings · 255 reviews · 71 distinct works � Similar authors
මඩොල් දූව
4.27 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions
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ගම්පȨළිය
4.11 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions
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෶նාගය
4.18 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions
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අපේ ගම
4.02 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 1940 — 3 editions
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කලն෶϶ය
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions
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යුගාන්තය
4.09 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions
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උපන් දා සිට
4.21 avg rating — 190 ratings — 2 editions
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රෝහිණී
4.10 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1929 — 2 editions
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බව තරණය
3.87 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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පව්කාරයාට ගල් ගැසීම
4.20 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions
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ගම්පȨළිය කලն෶϶ය යුගාන්තය
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“Thinking is a kind of wandering. Reasoning becomes useful only to let the mind wander in the directions you want it to.”
― Martin Wickramasinghe, කලն෶϶�
tags: uprooted
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“The two qualities essential to a good man were honesty and compassion, Malin felt. His father lived his life as if he had rejected these qualities. Saviman Kabalana reasoned that loving kindness and compassion were weaknesses. Therefore he hid behind a mask that concealed his innate human qualities of love and kindness, both in his office and at home.”
― Martin Wickramasinghe, Yuganthaya
tags: family, parents-and-children, sinhalese, srilanka, uprooted, village
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“The war brought some changes to Colombo. But it was the villages that changed far more than the towns.”
― Martin Wickramasinghe, Yuganthaya
tags: culture, sinhalese, village-uprooted
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