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New Writing from Sri Lanka

June 2013

In a special section of Sri Lankan writing, Ru Freeman, author of A Disobedient Girl, introduces us to the work of Simon Navagaththegama, Ariyawansa Ranaweera, and Kalaivaathy Kaleel.

An Introduction to Sri Lankan Literature

By Ru Freeman & Malinda Seneviratne

Sri Lanka is blessed with a rich repository of narratives and narrative styles in the written and oral traditions.

The Hunter in the Wilderness of Sansara

By Simon Navagaththegama

The bird lay motionless and dead and infinitely small upon his massive palm.

Translated from Sinhala by Malinda Seneviratne

At the Supermarket

By Ariyawansa Ranaweera

trembling for the fingertip touch, pick, and cuddle

Translated from Sinhala by Malinda Seneviratne

Rizana

By Kalaivaathy Kaleel

I too am a child. How would I know how to look after a baby?

Translated from Sinhala by K.S. Sivakumaran