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    Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (commonly known as Martin Wickramasinghe) (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහ) (29 May 1890 – 23 July 1976) was...
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    Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum is located in Koggala, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Named after the writer Martin Wickramasinghe, who had been considered...
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  • Madol Doova (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    children's novel and coming-of-age story written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickramasinghe and first published in 1947. The book recounts the misadventures...
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  • academic Martin Wickramasinghe (1890–1976), Ceylonese author Mendis Wickramasinghe (born 1976), Sri Lankan herpetologist Neela Wickramasinghe (1954–2022)...
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  • high school in 1869. Notable past pupils of this school includes Martin Wickramasinghe, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Senarath Paranavithana, A.T. Ariyaratne and...
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    writers of repute include Mahagama Sekera and Madewela S. Ratnayake. Martin Wickramasinghe wrote the immensely popular children's novel Madol Duwa. Munadasa...
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  • Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1995 to 1999. The eldest son of Martin Wickramasinghe, a leading Sri Lankan novelist and Kataluwe Balage Prema de Silva...
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  • the birthplace of noted Sri Lankan author Martin Wickramasinghe and there is a museum, Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Art Museum, dedicated to his arts and...
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    is the birthplace of noted Sri Lankan author Martin Wickramasinghe and a museum, Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Art Museum, dedicated to his arts and popular...
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  • Siriwardena W. A. Silva Vivimarie Vanderpoorten Sybil Wettasinghe Martin Wickramasinghe Punyakante Wijenaike Rajiva Wijesinha Thilak Senasinghe G. B. Senanayake...
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  • Ape Gama (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    Our Village) is a semi-autobiographical book by Sri Lankan author Martin Wickramasinghe detailing the narrator's experiences as a child in Southern Province...
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  • Lankan athlete who won the Olympic silver medal for the 200m event Martin Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan novelist who authored the greatest Sinhalese novel Viragaya...
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  • Mahagama Sekara G. B. Senanayake W. A. Silva Sybil Wettasinghe Martin Wickramasinghe Eric Illayapparachchi Gunadasa Amarasekara Gurulugomi H. M. Kudaligama...
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    1905 and was followed by several revolutionary literary works. Martin Wickramasinghe, the author of Madol Doova is considered the iconic figure of Sri...
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  • Madol Duwa (category Films based on works by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    sung by Victor Rathnayake is included in this film. Madol Doova Martin Wickramasinghe "Madol Doova - මඩොල් දූව". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 3...
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  • Kaliyugaya (film) (category Films based on works by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    Martin Wickramasinghe, and follows the events of the film Gamperaliya. It was followed by the film adaptation of the third novel in Wickramasinghe's trilogy...
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  • Gamperaliya (film) (category Films based on works by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    Tissa Abeysekara; it was adapted from the novel Gamperaliya by Martin Wickramasinghe. The film starts ensemble cast of several eras together including...
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  • Viragaya (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    novels of the writer. It exhibits the influences of Existentialism on Wickramasinghe specially through the character of Lokusuriya, the retired postmaster...
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  • Kaliyugaya (novel) (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    Kaliyugaya (Sinhala, Age of Darkness) is a novel written by Sinhala writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1957. It is the second book of Wickremasinghe's...
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  • Gamperaliya (novel) (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    "Martin Wickramasinghe ~ Writer of Culture and Life". DESIblitz. February 15, 2016. "KOGGALA: Fascination we encounter in Martin Wickramasinghe's books...
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    Yuganthaya (category Novels by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickremasinghe and first published in 1949. It is the third and last part of Wickramasinghe's trilogy that began with Gamperaliya...
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  • Yuganthaya (film) (category Films based on works by Martin Wickramasinghe)
    Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Yuganthaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and deals with the beginning of labor unions in Sri Lanka. For...
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    new journalism. The works of the novelists Piyadasa Sirisena and Martin Wickramasinghe are examples of the Buddhist nationalist-influenced literature of...
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    Jayewardene Centre Maritime and Naval History Museum, Trincomalee Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum Masks Museum, Ambalangoda Museum of Temple of Tooth...
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  • books. G.B. Senanayake calls the public library his own university. Martin Wickramasinghe, then editor of the 'Dinamina' newspaper recognising G.B. Senanayake's...
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    scholars. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Martin Wickramasinghe, Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Seneka Bibile Nandadasa Kodagoda, Edwin...
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  • Oliver Weerasinghe U. N. Gunasekera A. N. S. Kulasinghe W. A. Silva Martin Wickramasinghe Karunasena Jayalath Lionel de Fonseka J.P. Obeyesekere III Monath...
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    under consideration for canonization as a Roman Catholic saint. Martin Wickramasinghe, 86, Sri Lankan author and poet South Africa's national rugby league...
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    Miller, John Crowe Ransom, Isaac Bashevis Singer (awarded in 1978), Martin Wickramasinghe and Xu Xu. The highest number of nominations was for Jewish author...
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    Jayewardene Centre Maritime and Naval History Museum, Trincomalee Martin Wickramasinghe Folk Museum Masks Museum, Ambalangoda Museum of Temple of Tooth...
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