Arisen Ahubudu
| Arisen Ahubudu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 March 1920 Sri Lanka |
| Died | 26 May 2011 (aged 91) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Other names | Ariyasena Asuboda |
| Occupation | writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet in Sri Lanka |
| Website | www |
Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu (Sinhala:කලාසූරි අරිසෙන් අහුබුදු; 18 March 1920 – 26 May 2011) was a writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet in Sri Lanka, born in Mudiyallagahawatta in Malalaga, Koggala. He is a member of the Hela Havula. He has received three government awards for literary works, the title of Kalasuri[1] from the Government of Sri Lanka, and the Sarasaviya Awards film award for best composer. As a composer, he is especially noted for writing music performed by W.D. Amaradeva, such as Gilem Obe Guna.
Ahubudu was the second of the three children of the family of Devundara Devamanimendra Heronis De Silva and Wathugedara Laisohami. The child was named as Ariyasena Arsuboda by parents, which he later converted to fairly pure Sinhala name Arisen Ahubudu.
In 1937, at the age of 17, he first involved as a teacher in Piyadigama Saripuththa College, Ahangama. Munidasa gave an honorary to him as "Subas Pathin Kiwithi", due to excellent poetry he possess.
Ahubudu served 42 years as a teacher, beginning his career at Holy Trinity College in Nuwara Eliya, then he moved to Mahinda College, Galle and later to Maha Bodhi College, Maradana. His longest stint came even later at St Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia 29 years from 1952 until 1979 where he was among those recruited by warden R.S.de Saram and who together with Sandadas Coperehewa and GL Jinadasa supported by D.S. Jayasekera he was a leader in the post independence renaissance in teaching of the Sinhala language and literary activities. He taught at Kibiya Government College, Katugastota Deegala College, Buddhist School, Wellatota also.
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