Saman Tilakasiri

Saman Tilakasiri was a renowned poet, journalist and award-winning author from Sri Lanka. He was a Senior Editor with "Lankadeepa" at Times of Ceylon and the Chief Editor of "Rasavahini" magazine. His published work include research on Sinhala literature, Sinhala grammar lessons, and a number of popular Sinhala books for children and youngsters, several of which won national awards, presidential award and UNICEF book competition. Children's books by Saman Tilakasiri have become classic contributions to the Sri Lankan and Sinhala literature due to their unique story-telling style that combines conversational and lyrical poetic expression to tell a story which is also enjoyed by adults.

Saman Tilakasiri was also a lyricist with a rare catalog of signature songs sung by prominent Sri Lankan musicians Sisira Senaratne, and children's songs by Nanda Malini.

Bibliography^[1]

• Tilakasiri, Saman (1962). පුවත්පත් කලාව (Puvatpat Kalava). Colombo Sri Lanka Journalist Society. 
• Tilakasiri, Saman (1984). මකර බබා (Makara Baba). self-published. 
• Tilakasiri, Saman (1986). පැණි උපාය (Peni Rupaya). self-published. 
• Mohotti, D. D; Tilakasiri, Saman (1989). Nivaredi සිංහල Maga (Nivaradi Sinhala maga). Colombo, S. Godage. 

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