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MANAME
SINHABAHU
In 1983, Marcelline Jayekody, Omi,
popular columnist of Times of
Ceylon, editor of the Sinhala paper,
Gnarnartha Pradipaya, received the
Ramon Magsaysay Award for
journalism, Litearature, and Creative
Communication Arts. With this
event, Sri Lankan arts and letters
made a distinctive mark in the
literary word.