Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara was born on 12 November 1929 in Yatalamatta, in the Galle district. A pupil at Nalanda College in Colombo, he studied dentistry at the University of Ceylon, then obtained the title of member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He directed the Institute of Dentistry from 1971 to 1987. A poet, short-story writer and novelist, he is counted among the founders of the Peradeniya school, then became the architect of the Jathika Chinthanaya, a current of national thought. The University of Peradeniya awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2021.

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• NovelOut of the Darknessඅසත්‍ය කතාවක්Gunadasa Amarasekara · 1977Literature