Three of Parakrama Kodituwakku's early poetry collections stand behind this single Godage volume, and its title is made from theirs: Podi Malliye, Akeekaru Puthrayaku Ge Lokaya and Aluth Minihek Awith. The book brings those early works together in one binding.
The text is in Sinhala throughout. There is no English translation here, and no parallel text, so this is a volume for readers who read Sinhala — students of the language, Sri Lankans abroad keeping a home library, and collectors of modern Sinhala verse.
Kodituwakku is a Sinhala poet who emerged alongside Monica Ruwanpathirana and Rathna Sri Wijesinghe, part of a group of writers who reshaped what Sinhala poetry sounded like in their generation. He holds the Kala Suri title, conferred by the state for service to the arts. Podi Malliye, the earliest of the three collections gathered here, drew praise from critics when it appeared, and the two that followed it carried his work forward through the same period.
Readers who know Sinhala poetry largely through anthologies or through later work will find the three early collections here in sequence, which is the simplest way to read a poet's first decade: as it was written, in the order it was published. For anyone studying the period, or teaching it, having the three titles under one cover is a practical thing.
Published by Godage International Publishers, a Colombo house that publishes in Sinhala and in English across literature, history and the social sciences, and whose list includes a substantial amount of Sinhala poetry and fiction.
- Author: Parakkrama Kodithuwakku
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 272
- ISBN: 9789553083937
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