Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different from the language used in Sri Lanka now.
Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.
List of writers
Sinhala writers
Sinhala poets
Essayists and non-fiction writers
Sinhala playwrights
Sinhala radio play writers
Tamil authors
Tamil poets
Neelaavanan Pottuvil Asmin
Sri Lankan and Sri Lankan diaspora authors who write in English
See also Sri Lankan culture Henry Parker, a British engineer who studied and compiled the oral literature of Sri Lanka
References
External links All Authors Listed by Country: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)