Munidasa Kumaratunga
Munidasa Kumarathunga who paved a new
path in the tradition of Sinhala poetry was a pioneer in the renovation of
Sinhala language and literature. He was a grammarian, a poet, a journalist an
educationist and an editor. And he was the founder of Sinhala grammer school
called Hela Havula. He edited classical literary works like Kavsilumina, Muwa
devdavatha, Mayura sandesaya and the rest which were written by great Sinhala
writers. Vyakarana Vyakaranaya and Kriya- Vyakaranaya which were written by him
were very important grammer works. He composed a cerise of school text books
for Sinhala language called Kiyavana Nuvana. Kumaratunga was a teacher. He
wrote about Teaching Profession. He worked to uplift the pride of Sinhala
Teachers. He was promoted to the post of Inspector of schools. He knew the
importance of English and encouraged learning English as a second language.
Hatpana and Magul Keema are the story books which were written by him for
Children. “Piyasamara” was the best poetry among his creations.
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