G. B. Senanayake

Who was G. B. Senanayake?

Gunathilake Bandara Senanayake was a prominent Sinhala writer who portrayed Sinhala middle-class life in his novels. He is credited with introducing free verse poetry to Sinhala. He became blind later in his life and still managed to write 16 books with help from his sister.

The second stage of Sinhala short stories begins with G.B. Senanayake’s short stories. Though mainly focused on short stories Senanayake also wrote Novels and Poetry as well. He introduced ‘Nisandas’ during a time when Sinhala poetry was in need of a different style. G.B. Senanayake was a writer who was very concerned about being grammatically correct in writing.