Vijita Fernando, the Glossary
Vijita Fernando (born 5 December 1926) is a Sri Lankan journalist, translator and fiction writer.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Cairo, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Delhi, English language, Folklore, Gratiaen Prize, Gunadasa Amarasekara, IslamOnline, Journalist, Manila, New York City, Non-governmental organization, Rome, Sinhala language, Sri Lanka, State Literary Award, Sybil Wettasinghe, Translation, University of Ceylon, Welikadawatte, Women's Feature Service, Writer.
- 20th-century Sri Lankan women writers
- 20th-century Sri Lankan writers
- 21st-century Sri Lankan women writers
- 21st-century Sri Lankan writers
Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Folklore
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.
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Gratiaen Prize
The Gratiaen Prize is an annual literary prize for the best work of literary writing in English by a resident of Sri Lanka.
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Gunadasa Amarasekara
Gunadasa Amarasekera (born 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka.
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IslamOnline
IslamOnline is a global Islamic website on the Internet providing services to Muslims and non-Muslims in several languages.
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Journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.
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Manila
Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
Sinhala language
Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
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State Literary Award
The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories.
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Sybil Wettasinghe
Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe (සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ) (31 October 1927 – 1 July 2020) was a children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka. Vijita Fernando and Sybil Wettasinghe are 20th-century Sri Lankan women writers, 20th-century Sri Lankan writers, 21st-century Sri Lankan women writers and 21st-century Sri Lankan writers.
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Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
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University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972.
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Welikadawatte
Welikadawatte, a middle-class housing estate in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, was a result of the first co-operative housing scheme in Sri Lanka.
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Women's Feature Service
Women's Feature Service (WFS) is an Indian women's news agency and magazine, based in New Delhi, India.
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Writer
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain.
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See also
20th-century Sri Lankan women writers
- Ameena Hussein
- Anil de Silva
- Avabai Bomanji Wadia
- Charmaine Solomon
- Chintha Lakshmi Sinhaarachchi
- Dharisha Bastians
- Frederica Jansz
- Indrani Karunarathne
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Kumari Jayawardena
- Monica Ruwanpathirana
- Nira Wickramasinghe
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Relangi Selvarajah
- Roma Tearne
- Rosalind Mendis
- Rosemary Rogers
- Sakuntala Sachithanandan
- Sonali Deraniyagala
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Vijita Fernando
- Yasmine Gooneratne
20th-century Sri Lankan writers
- Ameena Hussein
- Anil de Silva
- Avabai Bomanji Wadia
- Charmaine Solomon
- Chintha Lakshmi Sinhaarachchi
- Elmo Jayawardena
- Frank Marcus Fernando
- Frederica Jansz
- Gamini Weerakoon
- Goolbai Gunasekara
- Indrani Karunarathne
- Jayalal Rohana
- Jayatilleke De Silva
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Kumari Jayawardena
- Lalitha Withanachchi
- Lynn de Silva
- Monica Ruwanpathirana
- Piyadasa Sirisena
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
- Prasanna Vithanage
- Premil Ratnayake
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Relangi Selvarajah
- Roma Tearne
- Rosalind Mendis
- Rosemary Rogers
- Sakuntala Sachithanandan
- Se. Ganesalingan
- Somaratne Dissanayake
- Somaweera Senanayake
- Sonali Deraniyagala
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Vijita Fernando
- Wimal Dissanayake
- Yasmine Gooneratne
21st-century Sri Lankan women writers
- Ameena Hussein
- Charmaine Solomon
- Dharisha Bastians
- Frederica Jansz
- Indrani Karunarathne
- Isaipriya
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Kanya D'Almeida
- Kumari Jayawardena
- Monica Ruwanpathirana
- Neloufer de Mel
- Nira Wickramasinghe
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Ramya Jirasinghe
- Relangi Selvarajah
- Roma Tearne
- Rosemary Rogers
- Ruwanthie de Chickera
- Sakuntala Sachithanandan
- Shantha Mayadunne
- Sonali Deraniyagala
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Thisuri Wanniarachchi
- Vijita Fernando
- Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
- Yamuna Sangarasivam
- Yasmine Gooneratne
21st-century Sri Lankan writers
- Aiyathurai Nadesan
- Amanda Jayatissa
- Ameena Hussein
- Charmaine Solomon
- Elmo Jayawardena
- Frederica Jansz
- Goolbai Gunasekara
- Indrani Karunarathne
- Jayalal Rohana
- Jayatilleke De Silva
- Jean Arasanayagam
- Kanya D'Almeida
- Manel Eriyagama
- Monica Ruwanpathirana
- Neloufer de Mel
- Pabilis Silva
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
- Prasanna Vithanage
- Premil Ratnayake
- Punyakante Wijenaike
- Ramya Jirasinghe
- Relangi Selvarajah
- Roma Tearne
- Rosemary Rogers
- Ruwanthie de Chickera
- Sakuntala Sachithanandan
- Shakthika Sathkumara
- Shantha Mayadunne
- Somaratne Dissanayake
- Sonali Deraniyagala
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Thisuri Wanniarachchi
- Vijita Fernando
- Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
- Wimal Dissanayake
- Yamuna Sangarasivam
- Yasmine Gooneratne
- Yudhanjaya Wijeratne