University −1964 Awarded a DLitt by the University of Ceylon, Colombo – 1970 Receives the first Presidential Award for Literature – 1974 Publications A comprehensive list of publications of Martin Wikramasinghe, Novels Leela (1914) Soma (1920) Irangani (1923) Seetha (1923) Miringu Diya (Mirage) (1925) Unmada Chitra (1929) Rohini (1929) Gamperaliya (The Uprooted/Changing Village) (1944) Madol Doova (Mangrove Island) (1947) Yuganthaya (End of the Era) (1949) Viragaya (Devoid of Passions) (1956) Kaliyugaya (Age of Destruction) (1957) Karuvala Gedara (House of Shadows) (1963) Bhavatharanaya (Siddhartha's Quest) (1973) Collections of short stories Geheniyak (A Woman) (1924) Magul Gedara (The Wedding) (1927) Pavkarayata Galgesima (Stoning the Sinner) (1936) Apuru Muhuna (The Strange Face) (1944) Handa Sakki Kima (The Moon is Witness) (1945) Mara Yuddhaya (Mara's War) (1945) Mage Kathawa (My Story) (1947) Vahallu (Bondage) (1951) Plays Chithra (1940) Mayuri (1944) Vijitha (1952) Literary criticism Shastriya Lekshana (Educational Essays) (1919) Sinhala Sahitya Katha (Sinhala Literary Essays) (1932) Sahitya Shiksha 1 (Essays on Literatura) (1936) Sahitya Shiksha 2 (1938) Vichara Lipi (Literary Criticism) (1941) Guttila Gitaya 1 (Critical Review) (1943) Sinhala Sahityaye Negima (Landmarks of Sinhala Literature) (1945) Sahitya Kalava (Art of Literature) (1950) Kavya Vicharaya (Sinhala Poetry:A critical Review) (1954) Atta Yutta (Essays in Literature) (1955) Bana Katha Sahitya (Buddhist Folk Literature) (1955) Nava Padya Sinhalaya (Modern Sinhala Poetry) (1957) Rasavadaya Ha Bauddha Kavyaya (Aesthetics and Buddhist Poetry) (1961) Sinhala Vichara Maga (Sinhala Literary Criticism) (1964) Navakathanga Ha Viragaya (Literary Aspects of Buddhist Jataka Stories) (1968) Sinhala Navakathawa Ha Japan Kama Katha Sevanella (The Sinhala Novel in the Shadow of the Japanese Erotic Novel) (1969) Sinhala Natakaya Ha Sanda Kinduruwa (Sanda Kinduru and Sinhala Drama) (1970) Sampradaya Ha Vicharaya (Tradition and Criticism) (1971) Vyavahara Bhashava Ha Parinama Dharmaya (Contemporary Sinhala and Its Evolotion) (?) Evolution and Anthropology Sathwa Sanhathiya (Biological Evolution) (1934) Bhavakarma Vikashaya (An Unorthodox Interpretation of Buddhist Philosophy) (1967) Manava Vidyava Ha Bauddha Vignana Vadaya (Anthropology and Buddhist Idealism) (1974) Philosophy Sinhala Lakuna (The Sinhalese Identity) (1947) Budu Samaya Ha Samaja Darshanaya (Buddhism and Social Philosophy) (1948) Denuma Ha Dekuma (Knowledge and Reality) (1958) Sinhala Sakaskada (Sociological Writings) (1962) Bauddha Darshanaya Ha Margaya (Buddhist Philosophy and the Way) (1968) Nivan Muhunuvara Ha Bamunu Dittiya (Face of Nirvana and Brahmin Dogma) (1972) Autobiography Ape Gama (Our Village) (1940) Upanda Sita (From My Childhood) (1961) Biography Chechov Ha Lankava (Chechov and Sri Lanka) (1970) Ape Urumaya Ha Bhikshun Vahanse (The contribution of Buddhist Monks to