Veditantirige Ediriweera Ranjitha Sarachchandra (born Veditantirige Eustace Reginold de Silva; 3 June 1914 – 16 August 1996), popularly known as Ediriweera Sarachchandra...

Ediriweera is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996), Sri Lankan writer Ediriweera Weerawardena...

villages and didn't have a national presence. Influential dramatist Ediriweera Sarachchandra attributes this to the influence of Theravada Buddhism, which he...

and the drama enthusiasts. Theatre is named in memory of Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra, a notable Sri Lankan playwright. Built in the early 1950s, it...

film is based on the legend in the Mahāvaṃsa where playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra produced a stage drama under the same title. It stars Akila Dhanuddara...

Mahendra Simon Navagattegama Mahanama Rajapaksha (Maya Ranjan) Ediriweera Sarachchandra Mahagama Sekara G. B. Senanayake W. A. Silva Sybil Wettasinghe...

traditions and the Buddhist background of Sinhalese society. He accused Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Gunadasa Amarasekara and others of imitating "decadent" western...

Sugathapala De Silva Mahagama Sekara Simon Navagattegama Dominic Jeeva Ediriweera Sarachchandra K. Jayatillake Jayathilaka Kammallaweera Gunadasa Liyanage S. H...

and theatre began with the staging of Maname, a play written by Ediriweera Sarachchandra in 1956. It was followed by a series of popular dramas like Sinhabāhu...

dramas like Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Maname (1957) and Sinhabahu (1960) were first directed and played there. In Sarachchandra's novel Heta Echchara...

Sumangala Thera, Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Martin Wickramasinghe, Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Seneka Bibile Nandadasa Kodagoda, Edwin Ariyadasa, M. B. Ariyapala...

Gunadasa Kapuge, Malini Bulathsinghala and Edward Jayakody. Dramatist Ediriweera Sarachchandra revitalised the drama form with Maname in 1956. The same year,...

The University of Peradeniya's Sarachchandra open-air theatre, named in memory of Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Sri Lanka's premier playwright...

only female character in the original cast of Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Raththaran. Sarachchandra encouraged her to consider a career in acting...

Premathilake Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera Monica Ruwanpathirana Ediriweera Sarachchandra Mahagama Sekera G. B. Senanayake P. K. D. Seneviratne Lakdhas Wikkrama...

Girls' Hostel Sangamitta Girls' Hostel Viharamahadevi Girls' Hostel Ediriweera Sarachchandra Girls' Hostel E.W. Adikarama Girls Hostel Gunapala Malalasekara...

journalism to Taiwan's industrial and commercial vitality." 1988 Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996)  Sri Lanka "for creating modern theater from traditional...

Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot. Ediriweera Sarachchandra - A famous Sri Lankan playwright, novelist, poet, literary critic...

child. The tale of Sinhabahu was greatly popularised by playwright Ediriweera Sarachchandra, under the title 'Sinhabahu', which was adapted from the legend...

Sumitra Nerangama. In the meantime in 1956, Beddage met Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra and asked to join as a flutist for his stage drama Maname. He accepted...

T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra – playwright, novelist and poet Professor K. N. Seneviratne – Professor...

economics. At Peradeniya, he started associating with Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Charles Silva and was involved in theatre work. His first production...

criticism, essays, philosophy, autobiography, biography, history Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996) 97 Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)  Romania  United States...

Sri Lanka July 23, 1976 Colombo, Sri Lanka 1973 Nominated by Ediriweera Sarachchandra (1914–1996) the only time. Paul Voivenel September 24, 1880 Séméac...

Name Notability Reference Ediriweera Sarachchandra playwright, novelist, poet and literary critic Cyril Ponnamperuma Scientist (Molecular Evolution) in...

and Ambassador Bernard Peiris, Cabinet Secretary of Sri Lanka Ediriweera Sarachchandra, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to France Kazunari Suzuki, Diplomat with...

stories, which received favourable reviews, bringing him praise from Ediriweera Sarachchandra. A chance meeting with Dr. Lester James Peries in the early 1960s...

Walpola Rahula Suri Ratnapala Kavan Ratnatunga V. K. Samaranayake Ediriweera Sarachchandra Regi Siriwardena Visvanatha Sastriyar Priyani Soysa Deepika Udagama...

Amaradeva which translates as Immortal god was given to him by Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra (Sri Lanka's foremost playwright and a close associate). During...

admired by scholars such as Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Professor Ashley Halpe. The famous Sarachchandra open-air theatre aka wala is in the...