Mr. Mahagamasekara

Hii friends in this blog I choose Mr. Mahagamasekara as my topic. I personally like his novels and poems very much.


 Mahagamasekara was born on 7th April in 1929. He is not only a poet he is a multi talented person. He is a lyricist, novelist, playwright, translator, artist and as well as a filmmaker. but he won the most fan attention for his poetry. 'Nomiyemi', 'Sakwalihini', 'Heta Irak payai', 'Bodima' and 'prubudda' are also some of the poems he he wrote. 'Kundalakeshi', 'Sddantha' and 'Hansa Geethaya' are some of the plays he wrote. 'Thunman Handiya' and 'Manomandira' are novels written by him and later 'Thunman handiya' became a film of his own. Songs composed by Sekara were very popular. 'Rathnedeepa', 'Janmabhumi' and 'Palu aduru Nil ahasa mamai' are some of the most popular drama songs he wrote. He passed away on 14th of January in 1976 after a great service to the field of Sinhala poetry and literature.

Prabudda is his last book, first publish after his death. It is an collection of Sinhala poetry written by him. I had read that book at several times.I like that book very much. 'Dathe karagata siba sanasanata la goyame dalu pawan salai' this is a one of a poem I like most in that book. 

Unfortunately he is not with us today but he is an immortal person in our heart.

 

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