List of Sri Lankan writers

The following is a list of Sri Lankan writers of all types.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Poets

Main article: List of Sri Lankan poets

Novelists

• Tissa Abeysekera
• Nihal De Silva
• Chitra Fernando
• Vijita Fernando
• Romesh Gunesekera
• Indrani Karunarathne
• Shehan Karunatilaka
• Carl Muller
• Michael Ondaatje
• Denagama Siriwardena
• W. A. Silva
• Vivimarie Vanderpoorten
• Sybil Wettasinghe
• Martin Wickramasinghe
• Punyakante Wijenaike
• Rajiva Wijesinha
• Thilak Senasinghe
• G. B. Senanayake
• Sugathapala De Silva
• Mahagama Sekara
• Simon Navagattegama
• Dominic Jeeva
• Ediriweera Sarachchandra
• K. Jayatillake
• Jayathilaka Kammallaweera
• Gunadasa Liyanage

Non-fiction

• S. H. M. Jameel