Punyakante Wijenaike

Punyakante Wijenaike was born in 1933 in Colombo, the daughter of Justin Kotelawala and elder sister of Lalith Kotelawala. She writes in English: her first book, a collection of short stories, appeared in 1963, and four other collections and six novels followed. She contributed stories to Channels, the magazine launched in 1989 by the cooperative of English-language writers with the help of the British Council. She received the Gratiaen Prize in 1994, awarded that year for the second time, and died on 8 March 2023.

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• NovelGirayaPunyakante Wijenaike · 1971Literature