Gunadasa Amarasekara

Gunadasa Amarasekara
Born	1929 Galle District, Sri Lanka
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Mahinda College, Galle Nalanda College Colombo University of Ceylon
Occupation	Dental Surgeon
Known for	Short story writing, poetry

Gunadasa Amarasekera (born in 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka.

Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo.

Dr Amarasekara was presented with Nalanda Keerthi Sri award in 2010 by his alma mater Nalanda College, Colombo.

Amarasekera is a graduate of University of Ceylon and is a Dental Surgeon by profession. He is one of the founding fathers of the Peradeniya school of literary tradition of modern Sri Lankan literature.

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