Outstanding works in the field of literature in 2007 in Sri Lanka will be recognized at the State Literary Awards ceremony to be held on September 14.
The award ceremony is part of the State Literary Arts Festival to be held from September 11 to 14 at the Narandeniya Central College in Matara.
Experts and members of the state literary sub committee evaluated a total of 630 books in all three languages published and registered in the course of 2007, chairman of the sub committee Prof. Ananda Abeysiriwardena said.
The State Literary Awards for works in English are as follows –
- Best Novel – Dragons in the Wilderness by Jean Arasanayagam
- Best Short Stories – Short and Verse by M. T. L. Ebell
- Best Non-fiction – Memories of a Cabinet Secretary by Bernard Percival Peiris
- Best work of poetry – I am Modern Man by Carl Muller
- Best translation – Martin Wickramasinghe – Selected Short Stories by Ranga Wickramasinghe
- Best Children’s Literature – The Stupendous Statue by Vipulasiri Adikari.
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