Tissa Abeysekara
Sri Lankan filmmaker and writer (1939-2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deshabandu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist.[1] He is better known as a script writer for the cinema as well as a film director. In 1996, his book Bringing Tony Home won the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for the new creative writing in English.[2] He was the chief coordinator of FOSWAL in Sri Lanka and honoured awardee of SAARC Literary Award.[3]
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තිස්ස අබේසේකර | |
Born | Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (1939-05-07)7 May 1939 Maharagama, Sri Lanka |
Died | 18 April 2009(2009-04-18) (aged 69) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Other names | Ananda Tissa de Fonseka |
Education | Dharmapala Vidyalaya |
Occupation | Film director/writer |
Political party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Spouse | Asanka Monarvilla (m. 1976) |
Children | 4 |
Awards | Gratiaen Prize (1996), Kala Suri (1998), Deshabandu (2005) |
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