Celebrated scholar and literary critic Professor Sucharitha Gamlath has passed away at the Colombo National Hospital this morning, the Director of the National Hospital said.
A highly experienced academic, Prof. Gamlath read classical Indian languages and Sinhala language at the University of Peradeniya, where he graduated with First Class Honours and was later appointed Assistant Lecturer in Sinhala.
He was awarded the Ph. D degree in Philosophy by the University of London in 1969.
In 1970 he was appointed Lecturer of the University of Colombo and in 1971, on the strength of his publications, the same University awarded him a merit promotion to Senior Lecturership.
During the past three and a half decades, he has been a regular contributor to the local press and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on matters of literary and artistic nature and has served on numerous Boards and Committees relating to these matters appointed by the University and Government.
