{"id":311,"date":"2019-10-17T08:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/sinh\/?p=311"},"modified":"2019-10-17T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:55:15","slug":"vidyodaya-literary-award-ceremony-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/sinh\/2019\/10\/17\/vidyodaya-literary-award-ceremony-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Vidyodaya Literary Award Ceremony 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vidyodaya Literary Award Ceremony 2019 which was organized by the\u00a0Department of Sinhala and Mass Communication<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a>\u00a0in parallel to the\u00a060th Aniversary Celebrations of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/a>, was held on 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0of September 2019 at Sumangala reading hall.\u00a0This is the first and exclusive literary awards ceremony conducted by a Sri Lankan university.<\/p>\n

This award ceremony was graced by the Emeritus prof. Sunil Ariyarathne; guest speaker of the ceremony and pioneer of this award ceremony. In addition, Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge, Vice-Chancellor, USJP, Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda; Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, scholars, academic members, and the nonacademic members participated in this event.<\/p>\n

This year Vidyodaya Literary Awards were disseminated among following authors that represented 5 literary categories.<\/p>\n

Best poetry collection<\/strong>
\n\u201cPembariyagen wen wunu Lulek harei alakata\u201d \u2013 Timran Keerthi<\/p>\n

Best lyrics collection<\/strong>
\n\u201cSarasa Wasanthaya\u201d \u2013 Mr. Nilar N. Kassim<\/p>\n

Best short story collection<\/strong>
\n\u201cSwarnakaya\u201d \u2013 Prof.Prabhath Jayasinghe<\/p>\n

Best novel<\/strong>
\n\u201cMakaranandaya\u201d \u2013 Wirajini Tennakoon<\/p>\n

Best Newspaper article collection<\/strong>
\n\u201cManige Theeruwa 3\u201d \u2013 Sundara Nihathamani De Mel<\/p>\n

3 lyrics collections out of 8, 5 poetry collections out of 50, 5 short story collections out of 62, 5 novels out of 138, 5 newspaper articles out of 15 were selected as final round nominees for this year\u2019s vidyodaya literacy awards.<\/p>\n

\u200bDr. Sunethra Kankanamge; Senior Lecturer, Dr.Hansamala Ritigahapola; Senior Lecturer, Rev. Dr. Nawalapitiye Anuradha Sudhammika; Senior Lecturer, Dr.Kusumalatha Lankamulla; Senior Lecturer, Dr.Senani Harischandra; Senior Lecturer and Head of the respective Department were among the judging panel of the Awards Ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u200bThis evening was brightened by the songs of Mr. Dayan Witharana, Mrs. Indika Upamali and Mr. Iman Perera.<\/p>\n

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