Opinion:

Has annual Literary Awards Festival become a farce?

Since the birth of the Cultural Ministry in 1956 under the first ever S.L.F.P-M.E.P. Government there had been annual State Literary Award ceremonies almost each year. Have these Awards contributed to the enhancement of the Sri Lankan literature? If not, what have they achieved? Of course, every year Literary Awards have caused endless literary controversies among literary elite in the Island.

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