Madhubahashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka

Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka is a Sri Lankan academic and author. Her novel There is Something I Have to Tell You won the Gratiaen Prize in 2011.[1] She is the Head of English Language at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.[2]

Early life

Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake is the daughter of Professor Emeritus J. B. Disanayaka.[3] She was educated at Ladies' College, Colombo[4] and went on to gain a BA at the University of Allahabad and won a Fulbright scholarship to study for a Masters in American and English Literature at the New York University.

Works

The works she has authored include;

Novels
There is Something I have to Tell You[5]
Short stories
  • Driftwood (State Literary Award 1990)
  • Tales of Shades and Shadow (Shortlist, Gratiaen Prize, 2001)
  • A strange Tale of Love (Shortlist. Gratiaen Prize, 2004)
Radio plays
  • Voices from Afar
Children's stories
  • Raththa
  • Animal Tales
Non fiction
  • Contemporary Sinhala Fiction

Awards and honors
  • 2011: Gratiaen Prize, winner, There is Something I have to Tell You
  • 2004: Gratiaen Prize, short-list, A strange Tale of Love
  • 2001: Gratiaen Prize, short-list, Tales of Shades and Shadow
  • 1990: State Literary Award, Best Collection of Short Stories in English, Driftwood

References
  1. The Sundaytimes Sri Lanka ‘There is Something I have to Tell You’: A Gratiaen Prize reading
  2. Madhubashini Ratnayaka Receives Gratiaen Prize For Her First Novel Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Good Reads".
  4. "Ladies College".
  5. Dissanayaka Ratnayaka, Madhubhashini (2013). There Is Something I Have To Tell You. Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka: Prajayo Studio. ISBN 978-955-4560-00-0.



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