Simon Navagattegama

Simon Navagattegama
සයිමන් නවගත්තේගම
Born(1940-09-15)September 15, 1940
Navagattegama , British Ceylon
DiedOctober 9, 2005(2005-10-09) (aged 65)
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationScholarship to Central College Anuradhapura  : Universities of Peradeniya, Vidyodaya and Kelaniya; (did not finish at Peradeniya or Vidyodaya)
Occupation(s)Sinhala novelist, playwright and actor.
Political partyLSSP (youth wing)...afterwards generally anti-establishment
SpouseMallika Navagattegama
Children
  • Sunny Nawagaththegama,
  • Maya Nawagaththegama,
  • Kumara Kashyapa Navagattegama,
  • Suranimala Sudharshana Navagattegama,
  • Ayesha Navagattegama

Simon Navagattegama [also spelled Nawagattegama] (September 15, 1940 – October 9, 2005) was a Sinhala novelist, Sinhala Radio Play writer, playwright and actor.

He is well known for his novel Sansararanye Dhadayakkaraya (Hunter in the wilderness of the Sansara) for its magical realism which is influenced by Buddhist mythologies, Mahayana Buddhist concepts and Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis.[1]

  1. ^ Jayatunge, Ruwan M. (23 November 2016). "Psychoanalytic Novels of Simon Navagattegama". LankaWeb.