Trip to Koggala & Madolduwa- Tribute to Mr. Martin Wickramasinghe

Martin Wickramasinghe, is one of sri Lanka's greatest authors and interllectals.He started to write in his language, sinhala at the age of 13 yrs and continued to write in both sinhala and english until the age of 86 yrs.

Martin Wickramasinghe was born on the 29th of May in the year 1890 in the Southern village of Koggala, bounded on one side by the reef – fringed sea, and on the other by the large lake into which the numerous tributaries of the Koggala Oya drain.

the House in which he was born in Koggala ...........................

The landscapes of the sea, lake studded with little islands, the flora and fauna, the forested hinterland, and the changing patterns of life and culture of the people of the village were the background of his early years, that Martin Wickramasinghe later immortalized in his novels and short stories and autobiographical writings.


Martin Wickramasinghe died on the 23rd of July 1976. His works have been translated and published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Dutch, German, French and Japanese languages.