Chitrananda Abeysekera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan writer and broadcaster
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Place of Birth: Sri Lanka
About Chitrananda Abeysekera
- Chitrananda Abeysekera (1930–1992) was a veteran broadcaster, poet, writer and an administrator.
- He joined Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, then Radio Ceylon as a radio announcer and retired as the Director of Sinhala Services in 1989.
- He was also the President of Aganuwara Tharuna Kavi Samajaya (ATHAKASA) for more than a decade and initiated a lot of programs that benefited poets and the public alike.
- He restarted Kavi Suwanda, the poetry newspaper for poets.
- Chitrananda dedicated his whole life to Sinhala poetry and literature, not forgetting Radio Journalism.
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