Kaluachchigamage Jayatillake (; 27 June 1926 – 14 September 2011), known as K. Jayatillake, was a Sinhala novelist and literary critic. He was born in Kannimahara, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka and was a contemporary of Mahagama Sekara having studied in the same school. He married Sumana Jayatillake and was the father of four children.
Jayathilaka's first creative work, Punaruppattiya, a collection of short stories published in 1955, which was well received. His award-winning novel, Charitha Thunak, published in 1963, begins with a scene of peasants working in the field, evoking the intimate relationship between the villager and the earth.
Books Parajithayo Charitha Thunak Punchirala Punchiralage Maranaya Rajapakshe Walawwa Pitha Maha Piya Saha Puththu Aprasanna Kathawa Adishtana Kalo Ayanthe Maya Maliga Manahkalpitha Vartavak Hevath Ardha Navakatavak Mahallekuge Prema Katavak Mathu Sambandai Ekagei Avurudhdha Vajira Pabbatha Katu Saha Mal Diyaniya Apasu Yai Punaruthpaththiya Delowata Nathi Aya අතීරණය
References
External links The living icon of Sinhala Literature A critique of K. Jayatilaka's novels K. Jayatilake, 1926-