Gratiaen Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2017) Winner
Jean Arasanayagam
ジャン・アラサナヤガム
Jean Arasanayagam
Aliases:
Jean Solomons
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1931-12-02 （Kandy）
- Died
- 2019-07-30 （Sri Lanka） age 87
- Nationality
- Sri Lankan
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Kandy, Sri Lanka
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Novelist, Painter
- Active Years
- 1973-2019
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls' High School, Kandy | — | — | — | — | Sri Lanka |
| University of Peradeniya | — | — | — | — | Sri Lanka |
| University of Strathclyde | — | Linguistics | Master of Arts | — | United Kingdom |
Girls' High School, Kandy
Country:
Sri Lanka
University of Peradeniya
Country:
Sri Lanka
University of Strathclyde
Linguistics
Degree:
Master of Arts
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | National Award for Literature | — | — | Government of Sri Lanka | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Gratiaen Prize | The Life of the Poet | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Sahityarathana | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Premchand Fellowship | — | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
National Award for Literature
1984
Organization:
Government of Sri Lanka
Result:
受賞
Gratiaen Prize
2017
Work:
The Life of the Poet
Result:
受賞
Sahityarathana
2017
Result:
受賞
Premchand Fellowship
2014
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Apocalypse '83
1984 PoetryPoetry collection addressing the 1983 riots.
identityheritagedisplacementethnic violence
Translations
- German, French, Danish, Swedish, Japanese
Bibliography
- Kindura (1973)
- Poems of Season Beginning and a Season Over (1977)
- Apocalypse '83 (1984)
- The Cry of the Kite (1984)
- A Colonial Inheritance and Other Poems (1985)
- Out of Our Prisons We Emerge (1987)
- Trial by Terror (1987)
- Reddened Waters Flow Clear (1991)
- Shooting the Floricans (1993)
Translations of Works
- Translated into German, French, Danish, Swedish, Japanese
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Exploration of identity and alienationHeightened political awareness
- Recurring Motifs
- identityheritagedisplacementethnic violencesuffering of women in colonial period
Health
-
Brief illness2019年Led to her death.
Legacy
Recognized as a Burgher poet from Sri Lanka, acclaimed for works on ethnic conflict and identity.
Trivia
- Burgher (Sri Lankan of Dutch descent) poet.
- Experienced the 1983 Black July riots, influencing her work.