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P. B. Jayasekara (Sinhala: පි.බි.ජයසේකර), also known as Premathilaka Jayasekara, is a Sri Lankan short story writer and translator. His short story, kotiya (Sinhala: කොටියා) was awarded the first place at the Ravaya (Sinhala: රාවය) literary festivals in 1993 and Daruduka (Sinhala: දරුදුක) won the first place at the "Independent literary festival" (Sinhala: ස්වදීන සහිත්ය උළෙල) in 1994.
Works
Short story books
- Kotiya (Sinhala: කොටියා)-ISBN 955-9034-34-0
Translations
- Nadan Daruwa (Sinhala: නාඬන් දරුව)-ISBN 955-96242-1-0.
- Kurusaye lu yakshaya (Sinhala: කුරුසයේ ලු යක්ෂයා)-ISBN 955-96242-0-2
- Nisala Kadu (Sinhala: නිසල කඳු) -ISBN 955-8033-92-8
- Beloved (Sinhala: බිලව්ඩ්)- ISBN 978-955-1559-04-5
Writing career
P.B. Jayasekara started his writing career as a top-level journalist. In the 1980s, he was one of the leading historical article writers in Sri Lanka. His articles were published in The Island and The Sunday Observer. Later he became a sub-editor in Sandesaya in (Sinhala: සන්දේශය) and Vivarana (Sinhala: විවරන) magazines
See Also The Official website of P.B Jayasekara
Read his short stories online
References
- Kotiya. Sri Lanka Eksath prawrthipathra samagama( ලංකාවේ සීමාසහිත එක්සත් ප්රව්ර්ති පත්ර සමාගම) 1997ISBN 955-9034-34-0
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Nadan Daruwa. P.B Jayasekara (trans.). Nipuna Entreprice. 1997. ISBN 955-96242-1-0.
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Kurusaye lu yakshaya. P.B Jayasekara (trans.). Nipuna Entreprice. 1997. ISBN 955-96242-1-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Nisala Kadu. Translated by P.B Jayadekara. Vidarshana Publishes(විදර්ශන ප්රකාශකයෝ). 2006. ISBN 955 8033 92 8.
- Beloved. Vidarshana publishes(විදර්ශන ප්රකාශකයෝ). 2007. ISBN 978-955-1559-04-5.
- P.B Jayasekara (1987–1989). "Sunday observer newspapers, Sri Lanka".
- "Sandesaya magazine, Sri Lanka". geocities.com/molarslk. 2004–2006. ISSN 1800-0193.
- "vivarana magazine". 2004–2006.
External links
Sandesaya Magazine-Official website
Vidarshana publishes
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