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Siri Gunasinghe
සිරි ගුණසිංහ
1925 - 2017
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Siri Gunasinghe සිරි ගුණසිංහ
Siri Gunasinghe
  • Birthday : 1925 February 18
  • Died : 2017 May 25
  • NATIONAL AWARDS

    1Best Director
    5th Sarasaviya Awards - 1968
    Sath Samudura
     
    FILMOGRAPHY


    AS CREW MEMBER

    1Sath Samudura
    Director / Script
    1967

    AS SONG CREW

    1Sath Samudura
    • Lyrics - Pipuna Kusuma Para Vuva
    1967
    BIOGRAPHY

    Siri Gunasinghe was born in Kegalle District of Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and University of Ceylon. He subsequently travelled to Paris where he continued his studies and wrote La technique de la peinture indienne d'après les textes du Silpa. [1] Later Siri Gunasinghe became a university lecturer and taught at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where he was a Professor in the Department of History in Art. Siri Gunasinghe has lived in Canada since 1970.
     
    His most outstanding achievements are: 1) the introduction of free verse into Sinhalese poetry with the publication of the collection of poems "Mas Lea Nati Ata" ("Bleached Bones") in 1956; this publication was a major revolutionary force in the literary community at the time 2) the introduction of stream of consciousness narrative style in his award winning novel "Hevanelle" ("The Shadow") in 1960 and 3) The writing and directing of the film "Sath Samudura" ("The Seven Seas") which won eight Sarasavi awards including best picture and best director. Gunasinghe is one of the most important advocates of the use of spoken language instead of the literary language in Sinhalese literature (see Diglossia).
     
    He also designed costumes (e.g. for Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra's play Manamē). He is also considered a pioneer book cover designer in Sri Lanka and has hosted several radio programmes. from wiki
     
     
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