Tissa Abeysekara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Filmmaker and writer
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Place of Birth: Maharagama, Western Province, Sri Lanka
About Tissa Abeysekara
- Deshanabu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, and screen playwright.
- 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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