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