Tissa Abeysekara

Tissa Abeysekara
තිස්ස අබේසේකර
Born
Tissa Ananda Abeysekara

(1939-05-07)7 May 1939
Maharagama, Sri Lanka
Died18 April 2009(2009-04-18) (aged 69)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Other namesAnanda Tissa de Fonseka
EducationDharmapala Vidyalaya
OccupationFilm director/writer
Political partyLanka Sama Samaja Party
SpouseAsanka Monarvilla (m. 1976)
Children4
AwardsGratiaen Prize (1996), Kala Suri (1998), Deshabandu (2005)

Deshabandu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist.[1] He is better known as a script writer for the cinema as well as a film director. In 1996, his book Bringing Tony Home won the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for the new creative writing in English.[2] He was the chief coordinator of FOSWAL in Sri Lanka and honoured awardee of SAARC Literary Award.[3]

  1. ^ "Tissa Abeysekara". National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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  3. ^ "Awards For Website - foundation of SAARC writers and literature#Tissa Abeysekara (Sri Lanka)" (PDF). Foundation SAARC Writers. Retrieved 20 September 2017.