Makara (short story)

For other uses, see Makara (disambiguation).

Makara (Sinhala: මකරා) is a short story written in Sinhala by Sri Lankan writer Anandasiri Kalapugama. In 1975, this short story won the first prize of island-wide Novice Short Story Writing Competition conducted by Sri Lanka Board of Cultural Affairs under the Department of Cultural Affairs in the Government of Sri Lanka.[1] It was published in 1975 special edition of “Art News” (Sinhala: කලා පුවත්)[2] issued in line with 1975 Annual Literature Ceremony held in Galle[3] and the winners were awarded by then President of Republic of Sri Lanka, Late Hon. William Gopallawa.[4]

  1. ^ "දහසින් බැඳි පියලි දිනති". Silumina. Colombo. Lakehouse. 31 August 1975. p. 1.
  2. ^ Durand, Jayasooriya, ed. (September 1975). "කලා පුවත්" [Art News] (in Sinhala) (1975 Special Edition). Colombo: Department of Cultural Affairs: 49, 50. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "මෙම වසරේ සාහිත්‍ය උළෙලේදී උසස් සාහිත්‍ය කෘති ගැන පුරා දවසක සාකච්ඡාවක්". Silumina (in Sinhala). Colombo. Lakehouse. 31 August 1975. p. 1.
  4. ^ Manawasinghe, Udaya (16 September 1975). "ජනතා ප්‍රබෝධයට සාහිත්‍යය - සාහිත්‍ය මහ උළෙලේදී ජනාධිපතිවරයා කියයි". Dinamina (in Sinhala). Colombo. Lakehouse. p. 6.