Sri Lankan literature

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Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of

, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different from the language used in Sri Lanka now.

Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.^{[citation needed]}

List of writers

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Sinhala writers

Sinhala poets

Essayists and non-fiction writers

Sinhala playwrights

Sinhala radio play writers

Sri Lankan Tamil authors

Sri Lankan Tamil poets

• Neelaavanan
• Pottuvil Asmin

Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English

See also

• Sri Lankan culture
• Henry Parker, a British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka

References

External links

• All Authors Listed by Country: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)