හැමදේම අතහැර අඩු වයසින් ගිය ලංකාවේ බිහි වූ විශිෂ්ඨතම කලාකරුවා ගැන ඔබ දන්නවාද

Mahagama Sekara


Mahagama Sekera (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker. He is considered to be a significant figure in Sinhalese poetry and literature. Sekara is best remembered as a poet and songwriter with several of his works even becoming popular songs in Sri Lanka. His works occasionally have an introspective Buddhist influenced outlook


Early life and education

Mahagama Sekera was born on 7th of April 1929 in Radawana, Colombo. His father was Maha Gamage Kirihonda Appuhamy, mother was Ranawaka Arachchige Rosalin. He had his initial education at Kirindiwela Maha Vidayalaya. Sekera started life as an artist and although in his later paintings and book covers he tended towards modern art