Mahagama Sekara
Encyclopedia : M : MA : MAH : Mahagama Sekara
Mahagama Sekara(1929-1976) is one of Sri Lanka's great poets and was a significant figure in Sinhalese poetry. He was also a teacher, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, and a filmmaker. He is likely 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. His poems and songs remain widely quoted on the island nearly thirthy years after his death. His demise at the age of 47 was considered a tragic loss by many in Sri Lankan literary circles.
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.