Michael Ondaatje
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. Moving from a Sri Lankan...
Author
Series
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lakdhas Wikkramasinha (1941-1978) was arguably Sri Lanka's most influential poet of the 20th century.1 Wikkramasinha who wrote in both English and Sinhala, published eight volumes of poetry between 1965-1977, before his death by drowning in 1978. He attended the elite boys school St. Thomas College, Mt. Lavinia, and went on to study law briefly before becoming an instructor in English at the University of Peradeniya"--