Eric Illayapparachchi (born 16 December 1954) is a Sinhalese writer and poet. He wrote the libretto for Agni, an opera composed by Premasiri Khemadasa which had its premiere on 26 May 2007 in Colombo. One of his short stories was made into a television drama for the series Vinividimi Adura (Through the Darkness) on Sri Lanka's ITN network. Another of his short stories appears in an anthology of Sri Lankan stories in English translation (Ashley Helpe (ed.), A Lankan Mosaic, Three Wheeler Press).
Books
Novels |
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Bagandara |
Vithanda Samaya |
Adaraye Simenthi |
Lalitha Samaya |
Paada Yaathraa |
Paradesi |
Rathu Palasa |
Petha |
Short Stories |
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Wadadiya |
Mal nathi uyana |
Lanka Gamana |
Awanaduwaka Satahan |
Kylasha Kutaya |
Minis Wataya |
China Towma |
Biographies |
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Premasiri Khemadasa, Critical Biography |
Anthology of Poems |
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Madiyama Geethaya |
Alindaya |
Siduhathga Agamahasiya |
Wesathur Sirithak |
Mage Kolabata HadaPayai |
Kisiwek Kaviyan Nomarathi |
Piththala Handiya |
Sucharitha Siritha |
Books on Aesthetics |
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Chithra Kalawa ha Vicharaya(Painting and Criticism) |
Chithra Kala Siyapatha(on Renaissance Art) |
Chithra Kalawa Sawwandiya(On Modernism) |
Kalathmaka Chanaya Saba Lokaya(On Critical Theory and Narratology) |
Vichara Pathrika(On Critical Theory, Semiology and Narratology) |
Khemadasa |
Lankaya Samajaya, Khemadasa Sangeethaya,Agni Operawa (with Rohan Perera)(Deleuzean Analysis on the musicology of Khemadasa) |
Opera Vinisa |
Other |
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Mee Pani saha Alu(Honey and Ashes)on theories of Roland Barthes |
Miss Lanka (Stage Drama Script) |
Agni (Libretto) |
See also
Sources
- Ajith Samaranayake, "The dark face of the new left", Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), 23 January 2005.
- Aravinda, "Caliban's mirror ", Daily News (Sri Lanka), 3 October 2001.
- Chamikara Weerasinghe, "Fire on stage in opera", The Daily News (Sri Lanka), 25 May 2007.
- Susitha R. Fernando, 'Vinividimi Andura' To enlighten Lankan teledrama, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 18 February 2007.
- K. S. Sivakumaran, "A Lankan mosaic", The Daily News (Sri Lanka), 31 December 2003.
- Malini Govinnage, "Memorable literary discourses" (review of Sahitha Samaja Prathiroopa by Sashi Prabhath Ranasinghe, profiles of 20 prominent literary figures in Sri Lanka, including Eric Illayapparachchi), The Daily News (Sri Lanka), 30 June 2004.
External links
- "Sonic canvas of Premasiri Khemadasa" by Eric
- Agni Opera - official web site
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