Gamini
Akmeemana was born on 1958 May and schooled at Ananda College. He is a Journalist
by profession and worked at Wijaya publications. Gamini Akmeemana abandoned a serious attempt
to become an artist in the 1990s because of family concerns and dreams of
becoming a fiction writer. He won the Gratiaen award for his first novel in
1996, and subsequently wrote five more while undertaking a self- imposed
documentary photography project of the city of Colombo which has changed beyond
recognition since. He also drew cartoon stripes and graphic novels for
newspapers till 2007. He has been stdying music for the past several years and
is currently working on becoming a singerand a song writer.
His
jounalism is penetrated into his writing of stories. In his shortstory, ‘The
Drummer’ he reports the true incidents happened in Sri Lanka during 1987 to
1989 using symbolic language. The people lived in that era should easily unwrap
the mystery behind the story.
Though
his profession is writing and journalism, he loves to live out of frame. He is
a musician,artist, travellar and a photographer who glimpses into the life of
people through his creations. He loved travelling on bikes and joined the
Ceylon Scooter Club too. He is a living example of never aging passion of dreaming.
Although his life and details are somewhat obscure on the web, We hope to see
more wonders hidden behind the curtain in the future.
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