Rosalind Mendis

Rosalind Mendis (1903–1992) was a Sri Lankan novelist.[1] She is often credited as being the first Sri Lankan woman to publish a novel.[1]

Born Rosalind Jayasinghe in Hedeniya in 1903, her father was Paul Jaysainghe, a businessman and property owner.[2] She married Tennehewa Abrham Albert Mendis when she was eighteen and the couple moved to Colombo.[2]

Her first novel, The Tragedy of a Mystery, was published by Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd., in London in 1928.[2]

She wrote two more books, Nandhimitra: A Story of Ancient Ceylon (1952), an historical novel;[3] and My Son Lia and Other Short Stories (1975).[1]

References
  1. Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 243. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. "Rosalind Mendis - a 1920s Ceylonese Author of Fiction in English". Sunday Island. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. (2010). The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. Vol. 1. John Wiley & Sons. p. 9781405192446. ISBN 9781405192446.
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