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Lalitha Withanachchi
ラリタ・ウィタナッチ
Lalitha Withanachchi
Aliases:
Lalitha Karalliadde Withanachchi / Lalitha Witanachchi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1927-01-01 （Bandarawela, Uva Province, Sri Lanka）
- Died
- 2021-09-26 age 94
- Nationality
- Sri Lanka
- Languages
- Sinhala, English
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Residence History
- Bandarawela, Uva Province → Kandy → Anuradhapura → Nuwara Eliya → Sokoto State, Nigeria
Career
- Occupations
- educator, journalist, writer
- Active Years
- 1950-2021
- Affiliations
- Lake House Group of Newspapers, Daily News
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillwood College | — | Primary | — | — | Sri Lanka |
| University of Ceylon | — | Geography | Honors | — | Sri Lanka |
| University of Peradeniya | — | Education | Post-graduate diploma | — | Sri Lanka |
Hillwood College
Primary
Country:
Sri Lanka
Primary education
University of Ceylon
Geography
Degree:
Honors
Year of Graduation:
1950
Country:
Sri Lanka
Geography Honors. First female graduate from Uva Province
University of Peradeniya
Education
Degree:
Post-graduate diploma
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
Sri Lanka
Post-graduate diploma in education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gratiaen Prize | — | — | — | joint winner |
| — | First prize in International Short Story Contest | The Truth | — | Linguistics Department of Macquarie University | winner |
| — | Esmond Wickramasinghe Award | My Days at Anuradhapura Central College | Journalism in English | — | winner |
| — | Kala Bhoosana Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Uva Erudites Award | — | — | — | winner |
Gratiaen Prize
1993
Result:
joint winner
First prize in International Short Story Contest
Work:
The Truth
Organization:
Linguistics Department of Macquarie University
Result:
winner
Esmond Wickramasinghe Award
Work:
My Days at Anuradhapura Central College
Category:
Journalism in English
Result:
winner
Kala Bhoosana Award
Result:
winner
Uva Erudites Award
1993
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Customs and Rituals of Sinhala Buddhists
Non-fictionLittle Bamboo
FictionThe Paddy Bird
FictionThe Wind Blows over the Hills
FictionThe Truth
Short storyBased on the true story behind the 1983 Black July riots in Sri Lanka
Bibliography
- Customs and Rituals of Sinhala Buddhists
- Little Bamboo
- The Paddy Bird
- The Wind Blows over the Hills
Legacy
Prominent Sri Lankan writer, educator, and journalist in English. Joint winner of the inaugural Gratiaen Prize.
Trivia
- First female graduate hailing from Uva Province
- Worked as a journalist at Daily News for 12 years