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Martin Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan journalist, writer (–)
Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, MBE (commonly known as Martin Wickramasinghe) (Sinhala: මාර්ටින් වික්රමසිංහ) (29 May – 23 July ) was a Sri Lankan journalist and author. His books have been translated into several different languages.[1] Martin Wickramasinghe is often acclaimed as the father of modern Sinhala literature.[2][3][4][5]
Early life
[edit]Born Lama Hewage Don Martin Wickramasinghe, on 29 May , in the town of Koggala (Galle District),[6] as the only son of Lamahewage Don Bastian Wickramasinghe (father) and Magalle Balapitiya Liyanage Thochchohamy (mother).
At the age of five Wickramasinghe was taught the Sinhala alphabet, at home and in the village temple, by a monk, Andiris Gurunnanse. He also learned the Devanagari script and could recite by memory long sections of the Hitopadesa. After two years he was taken to a vernacular school where he prospered until when he was sent to an English school in Galle called Buona Vista . In the two years spent at the school Wickramasinghe became fluent in English as well as Latin. When his father died in , he returned to a vernacular school in Ahangama and subsequently lost interest in schooli
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Martin Chalfie, Ph.D.
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