Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sandadas Coperahewa (born 1923) is a Sinhala writer, poet, scholar, art critic, teacher and journalist in Sri Lanka.Coperhewa was born in Pamburana and educated at Pamburana Sariyuth College. He attended S Thomas' College Mt Lavinia from the age of 9.He was recruited by warden R.S.de Saram and taught Sinhala, Art and Buddhism for thirty two years (1951 -1983) at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia alongside Arisen Ahubudu, GL Jinadasa and D.S. Jayasekera.He was deputy leader of the Hela Havula, an editor of the Pali Dictionary published by “Siri Vajiranana Bhikku Center Maharagama” and Editorial Consultant of Little Star Children’s weekly and Lankadeepa. He wrote columns on issues of Art, Buddhism, Sinhala Language and Literature in the English broadsheets, and translated Prof R.H.Wilenskis Miniature History of European Art to Sinhala ( Uropa Kala Itihasaya ha Uropa kala Hela Kala Sasandua Colombo: M.D. Gunasena , 1958). He also wrote a commentary to Sinhala poem Daham Gaeta Mala Vivaranaya.. }
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- Sandadas_Coperehewa abstract "Sandadas Coperahewa (born 1923) is a Sinhala writer, poet, scholar, art critic, teacher and journalist in Sri Lanka.Coperhewa was born in Pamburana and educated at Pamburana Sariyuth College. He attended S Thomas' College Mt Lavinia from the age of 9.He was recruited by warden R.S.de Saram and taught Sinhala, Art and Buddhism for thirty two years (1951 -1983) at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia alongside Arisen Ahubudu, GL Jinadasa and D.S. Jayasekera.He was deputy leader of the Hela Havula, an editor of the Pali Dictionary published by “Siri Vajiranana Bhikku Center Maharagama” and Editorial Consultant of Little Star Children’s weekly and Lankadeepa. He wrote columns on issues of Art, Buddhism, Sinhala Language and Literature in the English broadsheets, and translated Prof R.H.Wilenskis Miniature History of European Art to Sinhala ( Uropa Kala Itihasaya ha Uropa kala Hela Kala Sasandua Colombo: M.D. Gunasena , 1958). He also wrote a commentary to Sinhala poem Daham Gaeta Mala Vivaranaya.".