Beautiful poem by Mário de Andrade (Sao Paulo 1893 – 1945) Poet, novelist, essayist and musicologist.  One of the founders of Brazilian modernism MY SOUL IS IN A HURRY I counted my years and discovered that I now have less time left to live than I had lived until now. I feel like the kid who won a pack of candy; He ate the first few with pleasure, but when he realized there were few left, he began to savor them deeply. I don’t have time for endless meetings where we discuss bylaws, rules, procedures and internal regulations, knowing that nothing will happen. I no longer have time to put up with absurd people who, despite their chronological age, have not grown up. My time is short to discuss titles.  I want the essential, my soul is in a hurry… Without many sweets in the package… I want to live ...

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BUDDHADASA GALAPATHTHI MULTI GIFTED LITERARY GIANT, AWARD WINNING POET,WRITER, COLUMNIST, CRITIC, LECTURER ,ADJUDICATOR FOR ART AWARDS AT SUMMIT OF FAME IN ILLUSTRIAL CAREER – by Sunil Thenabadu First and foremost, a successful author needs to be vastly innovative, imaginative and to possess immense of perseverance. That might sound obvious, not every author thinks up fantasy worlds full of castles and dragons, but if one wants to be an author, he or she needs to develop idea invention aptitudes. Budhadasa Galapatti is an exclusive author and poet with such attributes. A good update is that one does not need to be a frenzied super-genius to be artistic. The root of creativity is combining existing things in new ways to inspire the reader like Buddhadasa Galappatti has been performing successfully in many fields. The Creativity isn’t just something people with innate talent but skill is that any author could develop. Buddhadasa possesses an admirable ...

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Double Doctorate Literary Lion Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Professor Sunil Ariyaratne – by Sunil Thenabadu Scholarly senior double doctorate Professor Sunil Ariyaratne, was a visual sensation of the Department of Sinhala and Mass communication, rendered and fulfilled inestimable artistic sustenance to the University of Sri Jayewardenepura during his long tenure.Senior Professor lived his life and continues being, a researcher, poet, lyricist, and a film director. He became a favourite of all of us because he shared his amazing aptitude not only with his students but with the rest of the world with his astonishing skill as a poet, lyricist, researcher, script writer and film director. Professor had contribute song lyrics for seventy Sinhala films an unbeatable record for current lyric writers in the present era.  The artistic personality, Vidyodaya Vibhushana Sahithya Kala Shiromani Sunil Ariyaratne Kuruwita Bandara was born on 28 July 1949 popularly known as Sunil Ariyaratne,   had schooling at St. John’s, Nugegoda. ...

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