| 词条 | Sybil Wettasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Sybil Wettasinghe |native_name = {{lang|si|සිබිල් වෙත්තසිංහ}} |image = |background = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth-date and age|31 October 1927}} |birth_place = Gintota, Galle, Sri Lanka |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |nationality = Sri Lankan |education = |years_active = |party = |spouse = Don Dharmapala Wettasinghe |children = 4 |awards = |signature = |website = |footnotes = |occupation = Writer (Sinhala), Author in Sri Lanka }} Kala Keerthi Sybil Wettasinghe is a veteran children's book writer and an illustrator in Sri Lanka.[1] Her books have been translated into several languages. Early lifeWettasinghe was born in 1927 and spent the first six years of her childhood in the village of Gintota, situated in the suburbs of Galle, in southern Sri Lanka. Then her family moved to Colombo where she entered into Holy Family Convent. At the age of 17 Wettasinghe joined Lankadeepa newspaper. In 1952, Wettasinghe moved to the much-coveted Lakehouse publications where she became the main illustrator of the Janatha newspaper. Her entry into Lakehouse gave access to an entire network of newspapers and she wrote and illustrated for the Sundayobserver, Silumina, Daily News and Sarasaviya.[2] In 1955,she married Don Dharmapala Wettasinghe, the Chief Editor of all the Lakehouse Newspapers. She is a grandmother of five.[3] BooksIn 1952, while working at the Janatha newspaper, Wettasinghe made her first attempt to write stories. She produced a narrative called Kuda Hora for the children's page of the newspaper. This story eventually developed into a book that won critical acclaim both locally and internationally. Inspired by the success of Kuda Hora, Wettasighe applied herself to writing as well as illustrating and proceeded to produce over 200 children's books over the course of her career.[4] Most of her books have been translated into languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Korean, Dutch and Tamil.
AwardsDuring her career, Wettasinghe has won much international acclaim and her children's stories secured awards both in Europe and Asia. In 1965, her story 'Vesak Lantern' won an Isabel Hutton Prize for Asian Women writers for Children. Her first book 'Kuda Hora' was chosen for the Best Foreign Book Award in Japan in 1986 and in 1987 it won the Japanese Library Association Award as the most popular children's book. 'Kuda Hora' book was translated into seven languages (English, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Swedish). Wettasinghe has held exhibitions of her work in Japan and Czechoslovakia and in 2003, she was invited to Norway for a book festival for well-known authors. Internationally her work has received high acclaim and attention, in particular for its distinctly vernacular themes and styles.
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1666896.Sybil_Wettasinghe |title=Sybil Wettasinghe (Author of The Umbrella Thief) |publisher=Goodreads.com |date=22 July 2012 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theertha.org/arttoday/biography-of-sybil-wettasinghe-by-nethra-samarawickrema |title=Biography of Sybil Wettasinghe by Nethra Samarawickrema – Theertha |publisher=Theertha.org |date=1 October 2009 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/06/26/%E2%80%98celeb-chat%E2%80%99-explores-childhood-dreams-with-sybil-wettasinghe/ |title='Celeb Chat' Explores Childhood Dreams With Sybil Wettasinghe | The Sunday Leader |publisher=Thesundayleader.lk |date=26 June 2011 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|last=Perera |first=Anoli |url=http://www.island.lk/2009/09/06/leisure1.html |title=The Island-Leisure |publisher=Island.lk |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fukuinkan.com/alltitles_p_detail.php?id=9727 |title=Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers,Inc |language=ja |publisher=Fukuinkan.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sybilwettasinghe.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&view=book&id=9&page=1&Itemid=76 |title=Hoity – in Japanese |publisher=Sybilwettasinghe.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sybilwettasinghe.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&view=book&id=5&page=1&Itemid=76 |title=Hoity the Fox – in Chinese |publisher=Sybilwettasinghe.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/pix/PrintPage.asp?REF=/2010/10/27/art05.asp |title=|| Daily News Online Edition – Sri lanka :: Print Page |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=27 October 2010 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.lk/2011/03/06/eyefea3.htm |title=Eye |publisher=Nation.lk |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 10. ^{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AeKDAAAACAAJ | title = The Runaway Beard | isbn = 9789555991780 | author1 = Wettasinghe | first1 = Sybil | year = 1999}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/031214/plus/books.htm |title=Plus |publisher=Sundaytimes.lk |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 12. ^{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H_1VPgAACAAJ | title = Vesak Lantern | isbn = 9789559136064 | author1 = Wettasinghe | first1 = Sybil | date = 1965*}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/vesak-lantern/oclc/243849772 |title=Vesak lantern (Book, 1965) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 14. ^{{cite web|author=Sybil Wettasinghe |url=http://books.lk/product.php?productid=54025 |title=Bookazone Pvt Ltd :: Sinhala :: BOOKS :: Lama Katha :: Dura Gamanak |publisher=Books.lk |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 15. ^1 {{cite web|author=The child in me |url=https://www.amazon.com/The-child-me-Sybil-Wettasinghe/dp/9559511076 |title=The child in me (9789559511076): Sybil Wettasinghe: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 16. ^{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1joBAAAACAAJ | title = The Umbrella Thief | isbn = 9780916291129 | author1 = Wettasinghe | first1 = Sybil | last2 = Hirano | first2 = Cathy | year = 1987}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/05/27/fea10.asp |title=|| Features |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gratiaen.com/1995-winners.php |title=The Gratiaen Trust – Prize Winners 1993–1999 |publisher=Gratiaen.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/10/02/news55.asp |title=Sri Lanka News | Online edition of Daily News – Lakehouse Newspapers |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=2 October 2010 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19290:sybil-wettasinghe-to-be-awarded-nikkei-asia-prize-for-culture&catid=39:interviewsstories&Itemid=557 |title=Sybil Wettasinghe to be awarded Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture |publisher=Sundaytimes.lk |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/forum/nap/index.aspx |title=Nikkei.com – Nikkei Asia Prizes 2012 |publisher=E.nikkei.com |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theertha.org/arttoday/women-artists-in-sri-lanka-are-they-carriers-of-a-women2019s-burden-by-anoli-perera |title=Women Artists in Sri Lanka:Are they Carriers of a Women’s Burden? by Anoli Perera — Theertha |publisher=Theertha.org |date= |accessdate=29 August 2012}} External links
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