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Lakdhas Wikkramasinha / by Lakdhas Wikkramasinha ; edited by Aparna Halpé and Michael Ondaatje ; with translations from the Sinhala by Udaya Prashantha Meddegama.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681377346
- ISBN: 1681377349
- Physical Description: xxxiv, 117 pages ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Camōes: A history -- Hand bomb et cetera -- Stones of Aukretiye Walauva. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Lakdhas Wikkramasinha (1941-1978) was arguably Sri Lanka's most influential poet of the 20th century.1 Wikkramasinha who wrote in both English and Sinhala, published eight volumes of poetry between 1965-1977, before his death by drowning in 1978. He attended the elite boys school St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia, and went on to study law briefly before becoming an instructor in English at the University of Peradeniya"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language Note: | Mostly original English poems; Sinhalese poems include an English translation. |
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| Subject: | Poetry > Male authors > Translations into English > Sri Lanka. Sinhalese poetry > 20th century > Translations into English. |
| Genre: | Poetry. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
Author Notes
Lakdhas Wikkramasinha
Lakdhas Wikkramasinha (1941-1978) was a Sri Lankan poet, known for his experimental fusions of English and Sinhala. His work appeared in Madrona , Eastern Horizon , Outposts , University of Chicago Review , and other local and international journals. At age 36, he died by drowning. Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian author, filmmaker, and editor. Ondaatje's novel The English Patient was a Booker Prize winner in 1992 and was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018. Ondaatje is also involved with Coach House Books, where he contributes as a poetry editor. Aparna Halpe is a poet and a professor of English at Centennial College. Her work on contemporary postcolonial fiction has been published in numerous scholarly journals. She is the author of Precarious , a collection of poems.
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