List of Sri Lankan writers

The following is a list of Sri Lankan writers of all types.

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Poets

Main article: List of Sri Lankan poets

Novelists

• Tissa Abeysekera
• Nihal De Silva
• Chitra Fernando
• Vijita Fernando
• Romesh Gunesekera
• Indrani Karunarathne
• Shehan Karunatilaka
• Carl Muller
• Michael Ondaatje
• Denagama Siriwardena
• W. A. Silva
• Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
• Sybil Wettasinghe
• Martin Wickramasinghe
• Punyakante Wijenaike
• Rajiva Wijesinha
• Thilak Senasinghe
• M.C. Siddi Lebbe
• G. B. Senanayake
• Sugathapala De Silva
• Mahagama Sekara
• Simon Navagattegama
• Dominic Jeeva
• Ediriweera Sarachchandra
• K. Jayatillake
• Thisara Kumarapeli Arachchi

Non-fiction

• S. H. M. Jameel
• Malaka Dewapriya