Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: In the past seven decades

during which he [Kalakeerthi Pandit Wimal Abhayasundara] had become a well-known literary figure in Sri Lanka, he had published about one hundred books, collections of poems, short stories and novels. Some of his books on poetry and prose have been translated into English, Yugoslavian, Chinese and Malay.

Wimal Abhayasundara started his career as a journalist and worked as a sub-editor on both daily and weekly newspapers.

from The Sunday Times Sri Lanka: A simple man with many a talent

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