Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna ia no more

Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna (70) Senior Professor, Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya has passed away last night after a brief illness.

Prof. Seneviratne has earlier served in the University of Colombo and the Institute of Aesthetic Studies as its Director. He has written around 70 books in Sinhala and Engish on Sri Lanka?s culture and civilization.

During his distinguish academic career, has won the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship in 1998 and was elected to a Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University, U.K. In 1998 he was appointed senior fellow of the SOAS University of London where he taught for two years.

Remains will be at the katugastota residence and Cortege leaves on Saturday (11) at 4.00 PM for last Rites at Mahaiyawa cemetery.