Cyril C. Perera (3 June 1923 – 4 September 2016) was a Sri Lankan author of Sinhala literature who was well known for his translations of world literature into Sinhalese.[1] His translations included novels, short stories, poems, stage plays, and children's literature.[2][3][4][5]
Cyril C. Perera | |
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Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 3 June 1923
Died | 4 September 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 93)
Language | Sinhalese |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Alma mater | Colombo Technical College |
Notable awards | Sahithya Rathna (සාහිත්ය රත්න) |
Perera was born in Colombo and attended various schools there. He studied art, architecture, and building engineering at Colombo Technical College and later joined government service.[1] He worked as a building designer in the Ministry of Health.
Title | Original author | Original work |
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Novels | ||
යුද්ධය හා සාමය | Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace |
පෙමතො ජායති සොකො | Leo Tolstoy | |
මිනිසා ජීවත් වන්නේ කුමකින්ද? | Leo Tolstoy | The Kreutzer Sonata |
මෛත්රී කරුණාව | Leo Tolstoy | |
මළ මිනිස්සු | Nikolai Gogol | Dead Souls |
පෙරළුැ නැවුම් පස | Mikhail Sholokov | Virgin Soil Upturned |
ගැඹුරු මුහුද | Arthur C. Clarke | The Deep Range |
ධවල තල්මසාගේ කතා පුවත | Herman Melville | Moby-Dick |
වෘකයන් අතර නග්නව | Bruno Apitz | Naked Among Wolves |
එමා බෝවාරි | Gustav Flaubert | Madame Bovary |
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