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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
[edit]Short story books
[edit]Translations
[edit]- Nadan Daruwa (Sinhala: නාඬන් දරුව)-ISBN 955-96242-1-0.[2]
- Kurusaye lu yakshaya (Sinhala: කුරුසයේ ලු යක්ෂයා)-ISBN 955-96242-0-2[3]
- Nisala Kadu (Sinhala: නිසල කඳු) -ISBN 955-8033-92-8[4]
- Beloved (Sinhala: බිලව්ඩ්)- ISBN 978-955-1559-04-5[5]
Writing career
[edit]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.[6] Later he became a sub-editor in Sandesaya in (Sinhala: සන්දේශය)[7] and Vivarana (Sinhala: විවරන) magazines[8]
See Also The Official website of P.B Jayasekara
Read his short stories online
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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: 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.[dead link]
- ^ "vivarana magazine". 2004–2006.
External links
[edit]Sandesaya Magazine-Official website
Vidarshana publishes