P.B. Jayasekara also known as Premathilaka Jayasekara, is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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Short story

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Writer

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 and translator. His short story, kotiya(sinhala කොටියා )was awarded the first place at the Ravaya

Ravaya

Ravaya is a Sri Lankan Sinhala tabloid published by Victor Ivan. It is known for its radical political views. Ravaya was a staunch supporter of Chandrika Kumaratunga in 1994. Ravaya is an intellectuals forum for non traditional analysis of social, political, cultural and judicial views of Sri Lanka...

 (Sinhala / රාවය) literary festivals in 1993 and Daruduka(sinhalaදරුදුක)won the first place at the "Independent literary festival"(Sinhala ස්වදීන සහිත්‍ය උළෙල ) in 1994.

Translations

• Nadan Daruwa (Sinhala  නාඬන් දරුව)-ISBN 955-96242-1-0.
• Kurusaye lu yakshaya (Sinhala  කුරුසයේ ලු යක්ෂයා)-ISBN 955-96242-0-2
• Nisala Kadu (sinhala නිසල කඳු) -ISBN 955 8033 92 8-
• Beloved (Sinhala බිලව්ඩ්)- ISBN 978 955 1559 04 5

Writing career

P.B. Jayasekara started his writing career as a top-level journalist

Journalist

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. In the 1980s, he was one of the leading historical article writers in Sri Lanka. His articles were published in The Island and The Sunday Observer.
Later he became a sub-editor in Sandesaya in (sinhala සන්දේශය)
and Vivarana ( sinhala විවරන) magazines

See Also The Official website of P.B Jayasekara

• http://pbjayasekara.webs.com

Read his short stories online

• http://sinhalinketikatha.blogspot.com/
• http://pbjayasekara.webs.com/apps/links/

External links

Sandesaya Magazine-Official website

• http://www.geocites.com/molarslk

Vidarshana publishes

• http://www.sinharaja.com/b2bhub/business.asp?xi=506&xp=502&xs=Vidarshana+Publishers