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 | 3 June 1923 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 4 September 2016 (aged 93) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Language | Sinhalese |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater | Colombo Technical College |
| Notable awards | Sahithya 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Emporium, Godage Book. "Sri Lanka Online Book Shop". www.godage.com. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ^ 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) - ^ chamille zue (23 May 2011). "Potaking Pituwak With Cyril C Perera". Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sunday Observer Plus - Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.