Wimal Dissanayake

For the Sri Lankan politician, see Wimalaweera Dissanayake.
Wimal Dissanayake
Born (1939-09-06) September 6, 1939
Kurunegala, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
EducationNikaveva Vidyalaya
Trinity College, Kandy
Alma materUniversity of Peradeniya
University of Pennsylvania
University of Cambridge
Occupationswriter, academic, university professor and film critic
AwardsThe Sahithya Rathna Award (The Government of Sri Lanka), Honorary Doctor of Letters (University of Kelaniya), The Deshabandu Title (The Government of Sri Lanka), Asian Communication Award (Asian Media Information and Communication Centre)

Wimal Dissanayake (born September 6, 1939) is a Sri Lankan creative writer, literary critic, and leading scholar in Asian cinema and Asian communication theory. He was a Senior Fellow and an Assistant Director of the Institute of Culture and Communication at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the Founding Editor of the East-West Film Journal.

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