The Kala Keerthi (Sinhala: කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".[1] It is the highest national honour for arts, culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.
Awardees
editAwardees include: [2]
- 1986
- Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva
- Rohan de Saram
- Dayananda Ekanatha Hettiarachchi
- George Keyt
- Lester James Peries
- 1987
- Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge
- Prof Nandadasa Kodagoda
- Anton Wickremasinghe
- 1988
- Prof Thomas Earle Joseph de Fonseka
- Dr Punchi Bandara Sannasgala
- Varindra Tarzie Vittachi
- 1989
- Eileen Siriwardhana
- Alankarage Victor Suraweera
- Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja
- Jinadasa Vijayatunge
- 1990
- Miniwandeni Pathirannehelage Tillakaratna
- Arumugam Kandiah
- 1991
- Wimal Abayasundera
- Diongu Badaturuge Nihalsinghe
- 1992
- Edwin Ariyadasa
- Ananda Salgado Kulasooriya
- 1993
- Sembuge Shelton Gamini Fonseka
- Miguel Hewage Goonatilleka
- Chitra Malinee Jayasinghe Peris
- Ponniah Poologasingham
- Jayadeva Tilakasiri
- Vini Vitharana
- 1994
- Pinnaduwa Hewa Cyril de Silva Kulathilaka
- Chitrasena
- Swarna Jayaweera
- Sinnathamby Thillainathan
- Madawala Sirisena Ratnayake
- Wimal Wickrama Surendra
- Mawanana Hewa Peter Silva
- Anuradha Seneviratne
- Nambukara Thanthrige Karunaratna Gunapala Senadheera
- Ashley Halpe
- 1998
- Premasiri Kemadasa[3]
- Irangani Serasinghe
- Regi Siriwardena
- Dharmasiri Jayakody
- Nalini Jayasuriya
- 2005
- A. J. Canagarathnam
- A. Jesurasa
- A. Sivananthan
- Asoka Handagama
- Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma
- Carl Muller
- Dharmasena Pathiraja
- Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
- Enid Anula Aluvihare De Silva
- Gamini Haththotuwegama
- Geetha Kumarasinghe
- Gnarathan
- Henry Jayasena
- Jackson Anthony
- Jayalath Manoratne
- Karthigesu Sivathamby
- Kulanthai M. shunmugalingam
- Latha Walpola
- M. Kanakasabai
- Malini Fonseka
- Monica Ruwanpathirana (Posthumous)
- Olga De Livera
- T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel
- Pandithar Sachchithanantham
- Prasanna Vithanage
- Rohana Weerasinghe
- S. Maunaguru
- S. Pani Bharatha (Posthumous)
- Sanath Gunathilake
- Sanath Nandasiri
- Santhini Sevanesan
- Shyam Selvadurai
- Sybil Wettasinghe
- Simon Navagattegama (Posthumous)
- Somalatha Subasinghe
- Sri Jayana Rajapakse
- Sumitra Peries
- Swarna Mallawarachchi
- Tilak Abeysinghe
- Tissa Ranasinghe
- Vimukthi Jayasundara
- Vasantha Obeysekera
- 2017 [4]
- Arun Dias Bandaranaike
- Edmand Ranasinghe
- G. Kartini Drahaman Mohamed
- George Edmond Jayasinghe
- Gunawardhana Mudalige Ajith Hemachandra
- Hapuwalanege Don Ariyadasa (Dasa Hapuwalana)
- Herman Ronald Lakshman De Alwis
- Ivor Dennis
- Kurukulasuriya Eligius Camillus Perera
- Lalitha Sarathchandra
- Lionel Bentharage
- Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka
- Namel Weeramuni
- Nanayakkarage Sumana Jayatillake
- Nellampitiya Pathirana Arachchige Dayawathi (Daya Nellampitiya)
- Ranasinghe Arachchige Jayantha Prema Lal Hegoda
- Saravanai Vinayagamoorthy
- Singarampillai Thillanadarajah
- Suminda Sirisena
- Suresh Maliyadde
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Wijesinghe Arachchilage Abeysingha
References
edit- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
- ^ http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/?page_id=340 List of National Honour Awardees
- ^ "Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". Sundaytimes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170319/news/national-honours-after-12-years-233395.html 2017 National Honour Awardees List
External links
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