In June of 1943 the Bíró brothers, László and György, became owners of US Patent 2,390,636 – better known around the world as the ball point pen. The Hungarian inventors’ new pen, […]
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Pramudith D Rupasinghe
The Sri Lankan author PRAMUDITH D RUPASINGHE is considered one of the emerging authors of our times. His books have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide, have been released in 170 countries and been translated into 12 languages.
Born in Gampaha, Sri Lanka in 1979, he soon discovered his vocation for writing. After completing his first degree, he started his career as a French teacher in several schools. Then South Asian Tsunami in 2004 changed his career path into Humanitarian domain. As a humanitarian diplomat, he has served in several countries around the world by contributing to his specialisation 'Mental Health-Psychosocial Support' to almost every major calamity in past decades such as South Asian Tsunami, Haiti earthquake, Pakistan earthquake, The great lake crisis, Liberian civil conflict, West African Ebola crisis and Nepal earthquake.
He worked with the Red Cross and Cresent movement and is currently working with the United Nations.
His departure to Africa in 2010 can be introduced as the starting point of his career shift as an author.
He invented a new genre 'Semi-Fiction' with his title 'Footprints in obscurity' and seems following the same style; novel 'Behind the Eclipse' is written in the same style. Besides that, breaking the rules of traditional writing Pramudith D Rupasinghe has used passive voice at a significantly higher in his writings which are unique to his style of expression.
His title 'Behind the Eclipse' is currently listed as one of the most read books in 2016 among humanitarian community.
Besides 'Behind the Eclipse' and 'Footprints in Obscurity' his has several significant works such as: 'Bayan' (2002), 'Termites' (2004), 'The Island of Paradox' (2003), 'Lethal Truth' (2005)
'Magpie' (2008), 'Rhymes of a journey' (2011) and 'Broken Bricks' (2012) which were published regionally and locally.
The person behind the author is a wildlife photographer, clinical psychologist, leisure long-distance-runner, human right activist, leisure traveller who has visited over 130 countries, reader, tea and coffee gourmet, painter and a simple man who loves to stay with his family.
He is present in all social media networks, and he is a writer with the highest number of followers in the social media.
In the past years, Pramudith D Rupasinghe has expanded his presence on the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress Facebook(https://web.facebook.com/BestSellingTile2017/),(https://web.facebook.com/PRAMUDITHDRUPASINGHE/?fref=ts), Twitter (https://twitter.com/Pramu79) among others. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube, Flickr offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers.
“The military coup in February is nothing short of horrifying”, Jessica Mudditt- Author of Our Home in Myanmar
By Pramudith D Rupasinghe Jessica Mudditt is a Sydney-based journalist whose articles have been published by The Economist, BBC, CNN, GQ and Marie Claire. She was accredited as a newspaper journalist in […]
Imagination beyond the ordinary, a conversation with Teresa McLaughlin
By Pramudith D Rupasinghe “I have always been fascinated by the Ancient Aliens theory. And, being a victim of child abuse during my entire childhood and adolescence, I struggled with finding solutions to the emotional pain […]
A conversation with Bangladesh’s award-winning author of “Only I Know You”, Farzana Mitu.
By Andrew Carmichael. Farzana Mitu is a popular and a decorated writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She started to write in 2011, first with poetry, and later entered into “Novel Writing”. In […]
“It is very important to be mindful of the cultural environment that the writer represents”- Prof. Kamani Jayasekera. An exclusive author Interview.
By Isha Alexandri. She is a historian, an academic and an author who has contributed to diverse genre in the industry. Currently she is affiliated to the Department of Western Classical Culture […]
A conversation with award-winning Alexander Nderitu, author of Africa’s first purely ‘digital novel’.
Today’s Author interview is dedicated to a poet, novelist, playwright and critic from the East African country, Kenya. In 2001, he published his first novel, When the Whirlwind Passes, online. It is regarded asAfrica’s first purely ‘digital novel’. He has since published three more books: The Moon is Made of Green Cheese (2008), Kiss Commander Promise (2011), and Africa on My Mind (2013). His books are available on Lulu.com and via World reader apps/devices.
Apeejay Kokata Literary Festival Begins Today…
While some of the talks will be held at the newly renovated Heritage Currency Building under strict COVID-19 safety protocols, others will be conducted in a live streaming format Here’s an opportunity […]
Unravelling Pramudith Rupasinghe’s ‘Bayan,’ a Philosophical Treasure Trove
By Sakshi Selvanathan The wizened yet wise Ivan Nikolayevich is an ordinary seventy-year-old individual with an extraordinary outlook of life, who relates his life story to an enraptured stranger. He usually does […]
Down the memory lane, along the footsteps of Orwell and Neruda..
A couple of weeks has passed since the Irrawaddy literary festival which attracts writers and publishers around the world to Myanmar, an east Asian nation that has contributed enormously to global literature since […]
CANADIAN WRITER MARGARET ATWOOD WINS 2020’S DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
Margaret Atwood, whose sweeping body of work includes “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a depiction of a nightmarish totalitarian future for the United States, is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award that […]
‘THE BATTLE OF BELONGING’ OF SHASHI THAROOR IS LAUNCHED…
Shashi Tharoor’s latest book ‘The Battle of Belonging’ was formally launched at the Prabha Khaitan Foundation’s signature event Kitab by Chief Guest Hamid Ansari, former Vice-President of India, Farooque Abdullah, Chairman J&K […]
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