Alfreda de Silva

Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (née Perera; 1920 - 2001) was a Sri Lankan poet, journalist and television screenwriter.[1][2]

Biography

De Silva studied at St John's College and Girton School, both at Nugegoda, and qualified as a teacher.[3] She later received a Ford Foundation grant to spend a year at the Yale Experimental Theatre and Drama School.[3]

Selected works
  • De Silva, A. (1973). Children's poems. Colombo: Hansa Pub.[4]
  • De Silva, A. (1977). Out of the dark the sun. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified.[5]
  • De Silva, A. (1990). Pagoda House: Recollections of childhood. Colombo: Alfreda de Silva.[6]

References
  1. "Alfreda de Silva". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. Hamilton, Ian; Noel-Tod, Jeremy, eds. (23 May 2013). The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English. OUP Oxford. p. 142. ISBN 9780199640256. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. Gunawardena, Charles (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers. p. 112.
  4. De Silva, Alfreda (1973). Children's poems. Colombo: Hansa Pub. OCLC 421498455.
  5. De Silva, Alfreda (1977). Out of the dark the sun. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified. OCLC 17332581.
  6. De Silva, Alfreda (1990). Pagoda House: recollections of childhood. Colombo?: Alfreda de Silva. ISBN 978-955-95307-0-1. OCLC 25281276.


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