Cyril C. Perera (3 June 1923 – 4 September 2016) was a Sri Lankan author of Sinhala literature who was well known for his translations of world literature into Sinhalese.[1] His translations included novels, short stories, poems, stage plays, and children's literature.[2][3][4][5]

Cyril C. Perera
Born(1923-06-03)3 June 1923
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died4 September 2016(2016-09-04) (aged 93)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
LanguageSinhalese
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materColombo Technical College
Notable awardsSahithya Rathna (සාහිත්‍ය රත්න)

Perera was born in Colombo and attended various schools there. He studied art, architecture, and building engineering at Colombo Technical College and later joined government service.[1] He worked as a building designer in the Ministry of Health.

Publications

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Title Original author Original work
Novels
යුද්ධය හා සාමය Leo Tolstoy War and Peace
පෙමතො ජායති සොකො Leo Tolstoy
මිනිසා ජීවත් වන්නේ කුමකින්ද? Leo Tolstoy The Kreutzer Sonata
මෛත්‍රී කරුණාව Leo Tolstoy
මළ මිනිස්සු Nikolai Gogol Dead Souls
පෙරළුැ නැවුම් පස Mikhail Sholokov Virgin Soil Upturned
ගැඹුරු මුහුද Arthur C. Clarke The Deep Range
ධවල තල්මසාගේ කතා පුවත Herman Melville Moby-Dick
වෘකයන් අතර නග්නව Bruno Apitz Naked Among Wolves
එමා බෝවාරි Gustav Flaubert Madame Bovary
මහල්ලා සහ මුහුද Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea

References

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  1. ^ a b "Veteran Translator Cyril C Perera Passes Away". Asian Mirror. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ Emporium, Godage Book. "Sri Lanka Online Book Shop". www.godage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. ^ Ferdinando, D Thilini (1 January 2013). "Literary Translation means domestication of what is foreign (With special reference to Earnest Hemingway's " The Old Man & the Sea " and its adaptation by Cyril C. Perera". Retrieved 7 September 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ chamille zue (23 May 2011). "Potaking Pituwak With Cyril C Perera". Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Sunday Observer Plus - Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.