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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.

Wikkramasinha, Lakdhas, 1941-1978 (author.). Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- (editor,, writer of foreword.). Halpé, Aparna, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Măddēgama, Udaya Praśānta, (translator.).

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  • ISBN: 9781681377346
  • ISBN: 1681377349
  • Physical Description: xxxiv, 117 pages ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2023]

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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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