Tissa Abeysekera
(1939-2009)
Filmmaker and writer
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Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for the cinema as well as a film director. In 1996, his book Bringing Tony Home won the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for the new creative writing in English. He was the chief coordinator of FOSWAL in Sri Lanka and honoured awardee of SAARC Literary Award.
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7 May 1939 Maharagama, Sri Lanka
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| Died |
18 April 2009 (aged 69) Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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