Bringing Tony Home by Tissa Abeysekara
Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 th May 1939 – 18 April 2009) He was a Sri Lankan actor, writer, director, screen play writer, film maker and political activist. His book Bringing Tony Home won the Gratian prize for the new creative writing in English. He was awarded the honorable award of SAARC literary award. He was born in Maharagama a rail road town of southeast of Colombo. He grew up in Havelock town Colombo. Due to poor health Tissa did not attend school until 11 years old. Private classes were conducted to him and he had formal education at Dharampala Vidyalaya in Pannipitiya. He completed his education. He was married to Asanka Monarvilla and they have one Svetlana and one son Dimitra. He died on 18tth April 2009, at Colombo National Hospital after having been admitted for a heart condition. Tissa began his career as a short –story writer writing in Sinhala and published some short stories in the Dinamina and Janatha national newspapers. He was chairman of the National f...