Two books on contemporary writing from Sri Lanka
Abstract
Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala, & English Poetry from Sri Lanka & Its Diasporas, published by Bloodaxe Books in June 2023, is described by its editors, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Seni Seneviratne, and Shash Trevett, as the “first true anthology of Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry”. The volume brings together 138 poets and over 300 poems written in, or translated from, the island’s three main languages: Tamil, Sinhala, and English. The anthology is structured to resist the linguistic and geographic...
Fields of Study & Subjects
Poetry Analysis and Criticism
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Hypotheses (OpenEdition)
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN