Sri Lanka

Images of Sri Lanka Through American Eyes (see Anthologies) contains pp 390-411 'A Bibliography of American Travellers in Ceylon in the 19th and 20th Centuries' H A I Goonetilleke

Ceylon Periodicals Directory English Publications 19-8 annual supplement Pt. III-ii comp C I Karunanayake 9 National Museum Dept (Colombo) mimeographed unpriced

Wickremasinghe. Martin Martin Wickremasinghe: A Bibliography comp Dhanapala Gunasekara 1-6 Martin Wickremasinghe Trust (Rajaginya. Sri Lanka) Rs 65.00

Wikkramasinha, Lakdasa New Ceylon Writing IV (see Journals) contains p 37 A Check-list of Writings by and about Lakdasa Wikkramasinha in issues of New Ceylon Writing 19-0-19-9' comp Yasmine Goonerathe

Anonymous Music Divine: The Balm of Life 42 Privately pbld (Kandy) pa unpriced; devotional verse.

Arasanayagam, Jean 'Games' 'Inheritance' Navasilu II 74-5 (see Journals).

—— 'Ruined Gopuram' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore p 43 (see Anthologies).

Craig, David 'The Country' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore p 44.

De Silva, Alfreda A Bit of Everything and other poems for children illust 36 Niloo Bhatt (Colombo) pa Rs15.00; in commemoration of The International Year of the Child 1979.

——" A House in Kelaniya' Navasilu II 82.

——' A Time for Selling' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore pp 45-6.

De Silva, D.M. 'Legend' Navasilu II 23.

De Silva, Lakshmi 'Addition and Subtraction' New Ceylon Writing IV 53 (see Journals).

De Silva, P.L. Newton Foot Prints on the Sands of Time 295 Privately pbld pa unpriced.

Dissanayake, Ellen 'Dilwara Temple' 'The Royal Lotus Bathing Pool — Polonnaruwa ' New Ceylon Writing IV 11

Fernando, Basil 'The Nun' Navasilu II 80.

Fernando, Patrick 'Life and Death of a Hawk' 'One Flock, One Shepherd' 'The Way of the Adjutant Stork' Navasilu II 52-4.

——' Obsequies of the late Antonio Pompirelli, Bishop' 'Sevena' 'The Late Sir Henry ' Poems from India. Sn Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore pp 47-53.

Goonerathe, Yasmine 'Canberra Meeting' 'Criticism' 'Kazuko Shiraishi: Jazz Tanka' 'Poem for Ediriweera Sarachchandra' 'The Plagiarist' New Ceylon Writing IV 69-71.

-- 'The English Writers' Circle' 'The Peace-Game' 'This Language, This Woman' 'Yasodhara' Poems from India. Sn Lanka. Malaysia & Singapore pp 54-9.

Gunasinghe, Siri 'Shadow Images' 'Song of the Desert' Navasilu II 59.

Gunawardhana, Theja 'The Korean War' Poems from India, Sn Lanka. Malaysia & Singapore pp 60-2.

Jayasuriya. Patrick 'The Beauty of Our Time' Navasilu II 30

Keyt, George 'Many Times' 'Music in the Hindu Temple' 'The Path' 'The Renowned Uncreative ' Poems from India. Sn Lanka. Malaysra & Singapore pp 67-70

Lebbe. Khalida 'March-April 19-1' Navasilu II 81.

Leembruggen. Michèle 'Cassia Fistula' 'Musing' 'The House' New Ceylon Writing IV 44

Loyola. H.D.M. 'The Garden' New Ceylon Writing IV 54.

Mendis, Festus This Slender Sheaf 16 Arthur H Stockwell (Devon, U.K.) pa unpriced

Ondaatje, Michael 'Country Night' 'Letters & Other Worlds' 'Rat Jelly' 'We're at the Graveyard' Navasilu II 15-8.

——There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do: poems 1963-1978 107 Norton (N.Y.) $12.95.

Ranasinghe, Anne 'Autumn Return to Europe' Navasslu II 79.

—— 'Fear Grows like a Cactus' 'Judgment' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysta & Singapore pp 71-4.

Seneviratne, Gamini 'Administration' 'For My Wife' 'Middle Age' Navasilu II 69-70.

-- 'Song for the New Era' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore p 75.

Still, John 'Death' 'Pain' 'Untitled Poem' New Ceylon Writing IV 4-5; poems published for the first time.

—— 'Fear in the Forest' 'Monkeys' 'The Loris' New Ceylon Writing IV 3-4; poems rpntd.

Thalagodapitiya, W. More Lotus Petals and some translations 44 Privately pbld (Kandy) pa Rs15.00.

Van Kuyk , Robert 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' New Ceylon Writing IV 53.

Wickramasinghe, N.C. 'Joy' 'Speech' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore p 76.

Wikkramasinha, Lakdasa 'A Straw Pillow' 'Red, the Coconuts' 'The Death of Ashanti' 'Verses' 'Visiting an Aunt' Navasilu II 33-7.

—— 'Birds' 'From the Life of the Folk Poet Ysinno' 'In Ancient Kotmale' 'Poem — Tribe' 'The Muse' 'The Poet-I' 'The Poet-II' 'To my Friend Aldred' 'Work of a Professor' New Ceylon Writing IV 14-24; poems rpntd.

—— 'In Ancient Kotmale' 'Stones' of Akuratiye Walauwa' 'The Poet' 'To my Friend Aldred' Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore pp 77-81.

Goonewardene, James 'The Goat Pen' New Ceylon Writing IV 38-43; extract from an unpublished play.

Joseph. E.M.W. Assignment in Sri Lanka: A Comedy in Three Acts 53 Privately pbld (Colombo) mimeographed unpriced.

Abhayaratna, Manel Maya (Illusion) 103 Privately pbld (Colombo) pa Rs10.00.

Clarke, Arthur C. The Fountains of Paradise 261 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (N.Y. & London) $10.00.

Fernando, Chitra 'Missilin' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 58-72 (see Anthologies).

Francis, S.I. 'The Primates' New Ceylon Writing IV 45-52; the journal's prize-winning story.

Goonewardene. James 'Sow a Storm' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 73-81.

——'The Life and Times of a Lotus Eater' a series of satirical sketches in the weekly issues of The Sunday Times from 30 September 1979 to 18 November 1979.

Gunaratna, Suvimalee 'The Bus Ride' 'The Golden Oriole' 'The Raban Contest' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 158-78.

Gunawardene, Tilak 'A Pot of ''Rice" ' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 151-57.

—— 'For Love or Money' New Ceylon Writing IV 72-87.

Kulatunga, Sita 'The High Chair' Navasilu II 55-8; awarded the first prize in the Short Story Competition held by the English Association of Sri Lanka in 1977.

Proctor, Raja 'The Flying Watchdogs of the Maldive Islands' New Ceylon Writing IV 7-10.

Ranasinghe, Anne 'A Woman and her God' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 82-90.

Ratnatunga, Manel Folk Tales of Sri Lanka 119 Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd (New Delhi, Bangalore, Jullundur) Rs15 (Indian)

Sarachchandra, Ediriwira 'Curfew and a Full Moon' Navasilu II 1-7; an extract from the novel.

Seneviratne, Maureen Mists on a Lake 64 (n) Diamond (Colombo) pa Rs15.00; short stories for children.

Sirisena, U.D.I. The Story of Kalagola 14 Gunasena (Colombo) pa Rs3.00; for children.

Vijayarunga, Jinadasa 'Averting the Evil Eye' 'The Awful Lapse' 'White Man Passes Through' Stones from Sn Lanka pp 23-38; extracts from Grass for my Feet.

Wijenaike, Punyakante 'Retreat' 'The Promise' 'The Tree Spirit' 'The Visitor' Stories from Sri Lanka pp 102-41.

—— 'The Proposal' Kunapipi I 2 56-9; a short story.

——The Rebel 155 Lake House Investments (Colombo) pa Rs25.00; a collection of short stories.

Images of Sri Lanka Through American Eyes: Travellers in Ceylon in the 19th and 20th Centuries ed H. A. I. Goonetilleke illust xxx + 411 U. S. International Communication Agency (Colombo 1978 2nd ed) pa Rs 10.00; pbld originally in 1976 as American Bicentennial salute to Sri Lanka; contains Introduction, commentaries, bibliography.

Navasilu II (see Journals); contains fiction, poetry, literary criticism.

New Ceylon Writing IV (see Journals); contains fiction, poetry, drama, literary criticism.

Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore ed Yasmine Goonerathe 103 Heinemann Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur) pa unpriced; contains pp 1-8 Introduction, pp 43-81 Sri Lankan section, pp 97-9 Glossary, pp 100-3 Suggestions for further reading.

Stories from Sn Lanka ed Yasmine Goonerathe 183 Heinemman Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur) pa unpriced; contains pp 1-22 Introduction pp 179-81 Glossary.

Chandrasoma, M. Five to Eight 141 Gunasena (Colombo) pa Rs15.00.

Goonatilleka, M.H. Masks and Masks Systems of Sri Lanka illust 96 Tamarind Books ( Colombo ) Rs156.00; the first systematic and comprehensive book on the subject by a Sri Lankan scholar.

Roberts, Michael (ed) Collective Identities, Nationalisms and Protest in Modern Sn Lanka 600 Marga Institute ( Colombo) csd Rs120.00 pa Rs45.00.

Seneviratne, Maureen Some Mahavamsa Places or History Happened Here 152 Lake House Investments ( Colombo) pa Rs45.00.

Surya Sena, Devar Of Sri Lanka I Sing: the Life and Times of Devar Surya Sena 306 Ranco (Colombo 1978) pa unpriced.

Confessions of a Young Writer Gunasena Vithane tr from the Sinhala by Cyril C. Perera 115 Pradeepa Pblrs (Colombo) pa unpriced; a collection of short stories.

'Going Back' Gunadasa Amarasekara tr from the Sinhala by Reggie Siriwardena Stortes from Sri Lanka pp 44-57 (see Anthologies).

Navasilu II (see Journals); contains poetry from the Sinhala: Parakrama Kodituwakku's 'Bloodshed at the Airport' and 'Kusumawathi' tr by Ranjini Obeyesekere; From the Kohomba Halla tr by Ronald Walcott and David D. Wickremasinghe; From the Kuveni Asna tr by Lakshmi de Silva.

New Ceylon Writing IV (see Journals); contains poems from the Sinhala tr by Lakshmi de Silva: 'From the Pattini Cycle' Alagiyavanna's 'On Women' and 'To the Virgin' Elapatha Mudali's 'The Reply'.

'New Houses' Siri Gunasinghe tr from the Sinhala by Gamini Salgado Poems from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore pp 65-6 (see Anthologies).

'Nineteen Poems by Anna Akhmatova' tr Reggie Siriwardena Privately prntd 'broadsheet' unpriced.

Portrait of the Buddha Jayasena Jayakody tr from the Sinhala by K. D. de Lanerolle 235 Dept. of Cultural Affairs (Colombo) pa unpriced; a novel.

'The Game on the Sandhill' A. V Suraweera tr from the Sinhala by the author Stories from Sri Lanka pp 91-101.

'The Renunciation' Siri Gunasinghe tr from the Sinhala by Gamini Seneviratne Poems from Indra, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Singapore pp 62-4.

'The Smell of a Baby' Asoka Colombage tr from the Sinhala by Hema Gunatilaka Stortes from Sri Lanka pp 142-50.

Two Plays of Aleksandr Pushkin ('The Covetous Knight' and 'The Stone Guest') tr Reggie Siriwardena 33 Privately pbld (Colombo) pa unpriced.

'Village Craftsmen' Martin Wickremasinghe an extract from Ape Gama (Lay Bare the Roots) tr from the Sinhala by Lakshmi de Silva Stortes from Sn Lanka pp 39-43.

Abhayaratna, Manel 'Feature Film in the Making' The Sunday Observer 16 September 1979 p 9; review of Maya (see Fiction).

Arasanayagam, Jean 'New Poetry' Yasmine Gooneratne New Ceylon Writing IV 115-23: includes review of jean Arasanayagam's Kindura ( 1973) on pp 120-3.

—— 'The Poetry of Jean Arasanayagam' Ellen Dissanayake Navasilu II 71-3.

Chandrasoma, M. 'Journey into the Past' Margaret Gooneratne The Sunday Observer 30 September 1979 p 9; review of Five to Eight (see Non-fiction).

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. 'Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy. 1877-1947 H.A.I. Goonetilleke Navastlu II 19-22; a biographical sketch.

Gooneratne, Yasmine 'Women Writers of Sri Lanka' Ryhana Raheem and Siromi Fernando New Ceylon Writing IV 88-98; includes a critical study of the poetry of Yasmine Gooneratne; rpntd from WLWE XVII 1 April 1978.

Goonewardene, James 'New Fiction' Yasmine Goonerathe New Ceylon Writing IV 108-15; includes review of Goonewardene's The Awakening of Dr Kirtht and Other Stortes (1976) on pp 111-3.

—— 'Seeking the simpler life' Gillian Workman The Asta Magazine 29 April 1979 pp 5-9, 27; the first extended study of all Goonewardene's fiction with the exception of his most recent serialized novel Acid Bomb Explosion.

Gunawardana, Sirancee 'New Poetry' Yasmine Gooneratne New Ceylon Writing IV 115-23; includes review of Sirancee Gunawardana's Clouded Yellow (1978) on p 120.

Halpé, Ashley 'New Poetry' Patrick Jayasuriya New Ceylon Writing IV 124-9; review of Halpé's Silent Arbiters ( 1976).

Mendis, Festus 'Sonnets by a Lankan Poet' Nalin Wijesekera Ceylon Daily News 17 April 1979 p 7; review of This Slender Sheaf (see Poetry).

Proctor, Raja 'New Fiction ' Yasmine Goonerathe (see above); includes review of Proctor's The Illicit Immigrant ( 1977) on p 113.

Still, John 'John Still's Unpublished Poems' Yasmine Gooneratne New Ceylon Writing IV 1-2.

Sarachchandra, Ediriwira 'A Troubled Spirit' Yasmine Goonerathe CRNLE Reviews Journal I 29-30; review of Curfew and a Full Moon.

——' Choosing a Setting' Yasmine Goonerathe New Ceylon Writing IV 99-107 ; review article on Sarachchandra's Curfew and a Full Moon and Pernato Jayati Soko (in trans).

—— 'Sarachchandra's Maname and its Background' D. M. de Silva Nava.stlu II 38-51.

——' Sarachchandra's Pemato' Ashley Halpé Navasidu II 88-9; review of D. M. de Silva's translation of Sarachchandra's Pemato Jayati Soko (Love is the Bringer of Sorrow), a lyric drama.

Wijenaike, Punyakante 'Women Writers of Sri Lanka' Ryhana Raheem and Siromi Fernando (see above); includes a critical study of Punyakante Wijenaike's fiction.

Wikkramasinha, Lakdasa 'A note on Lakdasa Wikkramasinha's Sinhala Poetry' Wimal Dissanayake Navasilu II 31-2.

—— ' "Dead ere his prime" : In Memory of Lakdasa Wikkramasinha' Yasmine Goonerathe New Ceylon Writing IV 12-3.

—— 'New Trends in the Language of Sinhala Poetry' U. P. Meddegama New Ceylon Writing IV 137-42; review article on the Sinhala verse of Lakdasa Wikkramasinha and Senerat Tennekoon.

——Reprinted critical assessments of Lakdasa Wikkramasinha's poetry appear in New Ceylon Writing IV as follows: Gamini Haththotuwegama, pp 24-6; Thiru Kandiah, pp 26-31; Yasmine Gooneratne, pp 31-6.

——' The Poetry of Lakdasa Wikkramasinha' Gamini Haththotuwegama Navasilu II 24-30.

Woolf, Leonard 'An Analysis of Leonard Woolf's The Village in the Jungle' Gunatilaka Sathkumara 14 Privately pbld (Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka) pa Rs6.00.

—— 'Woolf and the jungle village' Reggie Siriwardena Lanka Guardian I 23 1 April 1979 pp 17-8, 24 (see Journals).

——'The Village in the Jungle' A. J. Gunawardana Sight and Sound Winter 1979 26-7; an account of Lester James Peries at work on the film of Woolf's novel.

Wright, Lorna 'New Fiction' Yasmine Gooneratne (see above); includes review of Lorna Wright's Just Another Shade of Brown (1976 ) on pp 114-5.

' A Borrowed Tongue' Reggie Siriwardena Lanka Guardian II 6 15 July 1969 pp 21-2, 24.

'Half a Loaf: or, The Trials of a Translator' Lakshmi de Silva New Ceylon Writing IV 55-9.

Ceylon News Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, Lake House, D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo. Annual sub Rs205.40 (to U.K. by air); weekly digest of news in Sri Lanka.

Lanka Guardian ed Mervyn de Silva, Lanka Guardian Publishing Company Ltd, 1st Floor, 88 N.H.M. Abdul Cader Road, Colombo 11. Rs2.50; independent fortnightly journal; interests mainly current affairs, but publishes essays of distinction on arts and letters.

Navasilu II (Journal of the English Assn of Sri Lanka and ACLALS, Sri Lanka) ed Ashley Halpé, Dept. of English. U of Peradeniya, Peradeniya. Annual sub Rs25.00£1.00 $2.00.

New Ceylon Writing IV ed Yasmine Gooneratne, School of English & Linguistics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia. Rs110.00; planned as an annual but appears when there is a sufficiency of good material.

Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities III 1 & 2 1977 ed Leslie Gunawardena, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya. Annual sub £1.00 Rs10.00; has appeared a little late since it replaced the University of Ceylon Review.

The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies New Series VII 1 January-June 1977 ed K. M. de Silva, Ceylon Historical and Social Studies Publications Board, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya. Annual sub $6.00 Rs30.00; published twice a year, usually June and December, but appears a little late.

Tribune 43 Dawson St., Colombo 2. Sub rates on application; independent weekly, interests mainly political, but publishes fiction, poetry and essays of distinction.

Vidyodaya Journal of Arts Science Letters VI 1 January 1978 ed A. V. Suraweera, W. M. K. Wijetunga and P. L. D. Waidyasekara, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Nugegoda. Annual sub Rs25.00; published in January and July each year, but appears a little late.