Executive Committee
Mr. Keerthi Welisarage
Chairman
Mr. Keerthi Welisarage has been appointed as the Chairman of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka by Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
Keerthi Welisarage; Eleven collections of short stories, ten novels, two works on youth literature, three works on literary criticism. He is the winner of Upali Newspaper Award 1995” Independent Literary Award 1996, two Godage Literary Awards 2000, 2008, three State Literary Award 2000, 2008, 2016, Swarna Pusthaka Award 2012 and Swarna Padma Award 2004. Keerthi Welisarage is a graduate of the University of Colombo and also holds a Master of Education degree. In addition to his literary activities, he is also a social activist.
Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardena
Executive Committee Member
Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardena has been appointed as an executive committee member of Arts Council of Sri Lanka by Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
He is a longstanding civic leader in Sri Lanka committed to the cause of Peace, Democracy and Social Harmony , while being a researcher, teacher, trainer and writer with focus areas pertaining to cultural-studies and transformative education (cultural fluency, conflict transformation, peace building , eco-spiritual politics and engaged religions etc).
Sunil was the Founder – Director of the first Independent Cultural Institute – Vibhavi Centre for Alternative Culture (1991–2001), devoted to promote Cultural Rights and a Cultural Transformation program in Sri Lanka.
As a playwright, a poet, a literary translator, a literary editor and a critic he has been making a notable contribution to fields of Sinhala Literature, Theatre and Cinema.
Mr. Nandana Weerasinghe
Executive Committee Member
Mr. Nandana Weerasinghe has been appointed as an executive committee member of Arts Council of Sri Lanka by Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
Mr. Nandana Weerasinghe is a poet and poetry translator who has worked for the advancement of Sri Lankan poetry for, forty-five years. He is an editor who has represented the arts and academic sector, and an enthusiastic researcher of the enduring poetry and Philosophy of the far East and Eastern countries.
Email: nyweerasinghe@gmail.com
Dr. Anasuya Subasinghe
Executive Committee Member
Dr. Anasuya Subasinghe has been appointed as an executive committee member of Arts Council of Sri Lanka by Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.
Anasuya has been working as an actor in theatre and film, and as a performance-maker and playwright in both the Sinhala and English language theatres in Sri Lanka, and has won several awards for her performances on stage and on screen. She completed her BA Hons in Theatre Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand and acquired her Doctoral Degree at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. A recipient of the Victoria University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Anasuya was awarded Best PhD Thesis by the VU College of Arts and Education for her practice-led research. She has presented papers at several research forums including the Australasian Drama, Dance, and Performance Studies (ADSA) conference. Anasuya has several years of experience as a translator, and has a keen interest in actor training, inter/intra-cultural politics in theatre, gender and feminist theory in performance, mask-theatre and Dramaturgy.
Mr. Saminadan Wimal
Executive Committee Member
Mr. Saminadan Wimal has been appointed as an executive committee member of Arts Council of Sri Lanka by Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi Hon. Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs.