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| Bibiliography 1 |
| (Prepared by Dhanapala Gunasekara)
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This is a comprehensive classified
Bibliography of all Martin wickramasinghe's writings fiction and
non- fiction.The classification and cataloguing includes a comprehensive
subject index in both both Sinhala and English. |
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Part 2 |
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| Bibiliography 2 |
| (Prepared by Nuwaraeliye Hemapala) |
This is a comprehensive classified Bibliography of critical evaluation
of Martin Wickramasinghe's writings covering the entire period of
his literary life, and posthumously up to the year 2000. It includes
both an author index and a subject index. |
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| His output both as a journalist and
author owes not a little to his great knowledge ot eastern and western
literature, philosophy and art, reflecting the wide spectrum of
his interests. I notice from my collection of books published by
him such as: "Aspects of Sinhalese Culture", "Buddhism
and Art", "The Jataka Stories and the Russian Novel",
"Evolution and Revolution" and the "Mysticism of
D.H. Lawrence". For one who has published over a dozen novels
and is regarded by good judges as the foremost short-story writer
in the Sinhalese language, the scope of his work is, to say the
least, amazing. |
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H. A. J. Hulugalle |
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| Koggala was Wickramasinghe's universe,
the 'slice of life presented for the serene joy and emotion of the
common man', the postscript with which he concludes The Changing
Village and its two sequels -The Age of Kali and On
the Edge of an Era. |
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| Beginning with one of the most unspoilt
shorelines on which the Indian Ocean pounds, Koggala sits on the
edge of a vast plain which stretches almost like a billiard table
up to the foothills of the central massif of Sri Lanka. Here the
eye travels long distances undisturbed. There are no deep shadows
as in the hills to shroud the mind. The sky is clear and open and
the sun falls free all day except when the monsoon rains blow from
the sea towards the distant hills. |
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| Here the mind is free to wander across
the vast open sea, through the home gardens where tall palms and
fruit trees stand clear of each other with plenty of space between,
and over the glistening water of the river to the blue line of hills
far away. Life itself was functional and unembroidered. But there
was grace in that simplicity, a dignity and seamless elegance. |
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| This was both the womb and the cradle
of Martin Wickramasinghe's genius. Its essence flows through his
creativity and lies like a memory in the texture of all his work.
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Tissa Abeysekara |
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