Cyril C. Perera | |
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Born | (1923-06-03)3 June 1923 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Died | 4 September 2016(2016-09-04) (aged 93) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Language | Sinhalese |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Alma mater | Colombo Technical College |
Notable awards | Sahithya Rathna (සාහිත්ය රත්න) |
Cyril C. Perera (3 June 1923 – 4 September 2016) was a Sri Lankan author of Sinhala literature who was well known for his translations of world literature into Sinhalese. His translations included novels, short stories, poems, stage plays, and children's literature.
Perera was born in Colombo and attended various schools there. He studied art, architecture, and building engineering at Colombo Technical College and later joined government service. He worked as a building designer in the Ministry of Health.
Publications
Title | Original author | Original work |
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Novels | ||
යුද්ධය හා සාමය | Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace |
පෙමතො ජායති සොකො | Leo Tolstoy | |
මිනිසා ජීවත් වන්නේ කුමකින්ද? | Leo Tolstoy | The Kreutzer Sonata |
මෛත්රී කරුණාව | Leo Tolstoy | |
මළ මිනිස්සු | Nikolai Gogol | Dead Souls |
පෙරළුැ නැවුම් පස | Mikhail Sholokov | Virgin Soil Upturned |
ගැඹුරු මුහුද | Arthur C. Clarke | The Deep Range |
ධවල තල්මසාගේ කතා පුවත | Herman Melville | Moby-Dick |
වෘකයන් අතර නග්නව | Bruno Apitz | Naked Among Wolves |
එමා බෝවාරි | Gustav Flaubert | Madame Bovary |
මහල්ලා සහ මුහුද | Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea |
References
- ^ "Veteran Translator Cyril C Perera Passes Away". Asian Mirror. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- Emporium, Godage Book. "Sri Lanka Online Book Shop". www.godage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- Ferdinando, D Thilini (1 January 2013). "Literary Translation means domestication of what is foreign (With special reference to Earnest Hemingway's " The Old Man & the Sea " and its adaptation by Cyril C. Perera". Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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(help) - chamille zue (23 May 2011). "Potaking Pituwak With Cyril C Perera". Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via YouTube.
- "Sunday Observer Plus - Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.