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Punyakante Wijenaike

プニヤカンテ・ウィジェナイケ

Punyakante Wijenaike

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1933 （Colombo）
Died
2023-03-08 （Colombo） age 90
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
Residence History
Colombo

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
1963-2023

Awards

Women of Achievement Award
1985
Organization: Unknown
Result: 受賞
Kala Suri Class 1
1988
Category: 文学業績
Organization: Government of Sri Lanka
Result: 受賞
Gratiaen Prize
1994
Work: Amulet
Organization: Gratiaen Trust
Result: 受賞
Commonwealth Short Story Competition
1996
Category: Radio
Organization: Unknown
Result: 共同受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Amulet

Novel

Unknown

Giraya

2011 Novel

Unknown

Adaptations
  • [Teledrama] Giraya

An Enemy Within

1998 Novel

Uncovers the mask that tends to hide the reality of present times

Tyranny of community towards weaker members

The Third Woman

1963 Short stories

Collection of short stories

Bibliography

  • The Third Woman (1963)
  • The Betel Wine (1972)
  • Anoma
  • To Follow the Sun
  • The Rebel
  • The Waiting Earth
  • Amulet
  • That deep silence (2009)
  • When Guns Fall Silent (2010)
  • Giraya (2011)
  • An Enemy Within (1998)
  • Missing in Action; Sunset Years (2004)

Adaptations

  • Giraya adapted into teledrama

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Fiction and short stories in English
Recurring Motifs
Rural villages initially, later urban themesコミュニティの専制

Legacy

One of the most underestimated fiction writers currently at work in the English language

Archives

  • U.S. Library of Congress

Trivia

  • Daughter of businessman and senator Justin Kotelawala
  • Spent most of her life in Colombo