Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe
Piyaseeli Wijegunasinghe (born February 20, 1943 in Hapugala near Galle , Sri Lanka , † September 2, 2010 in Colombo ) was a Sri Lankan literary critic and Trotskyist .
In 1968 Wijegunasinghe became a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist League, today's Socialist Equality Party . She was married to Wije Dias , the party's general secretary.
Wijegunasinghe worked as a professor at the University of Colombo . From 1997 to 2009 she was dean of the Sinhala Literature Department.
Web links
- Piyaseeli Wijegunasingha: Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies at the age of 67
- SEP (Sri Lanka) buried comrade Piyaseeli Wijegunasingha
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| SURNAME | Wijegunasinghe, Piyaseeli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vijēgunasiṃha, Piyasīli; Nanayakkara, Piyaseeli (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sri Lankan literary critic and Trotskyist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hapugala , Sri Lanka |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Colombo , Sri Lanka |