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Martin Wickramasinghe

Born

in Koggala, Sri Lanka

May 29, 1890

Died

July 23, 1976

Website

http://www.martinwickramasinghe.info/

Genre

Fiction, Children's

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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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Martin Wickramasinghe’s books

Average rating: 4.14 · 5,177 ratings · 262 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors

	මඩොල් දූව 4.27 avg rating — 1,338 ratings — published 1947 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ගම්පෙරළිය 4.11 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 1944 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	විරාගය 4.19 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 1956 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	අපේ ගම 4.02 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1940 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	කලියුගය 4.01 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	යුගාන්තය 4.09 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	උපන් දා සිට 4.21 avg rating — 193 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	රෝහිණී 4.07 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1929 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	බව තරණය 3.87 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	පව්කාරයාට ගල් ගැසීම 4.20 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ගම් පෙරළිය (3 books)
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Martin Wickramasinghe

4.09 avg rating — 1,752 ratings

මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහ කෙටි කතා එකතුව (2 books)
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Martin Wickramasinghe,

ඩබ්ලියු. ඒ. අබේසිංහ (සංස්කාරක)

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings

Quotes by Martin Wickramasinghe (?)

“Thinking is a kind of wandering. Reasoning becomes useful only to let the mind wander in the directions you want it to.”
― Martin Wickramasinghe, කලියුගය

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

4 likes

“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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