Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu no more

Prominent Sri Lankan orator, scholar, playwright, teacher, Sinhala lyricist, author and poet Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu has passed away at a private hospital a short while ago.

 

Ahubudu served 42 years as a teacher. Having first taught at Holy Trinity College in Nuwara Eliya, he moved to Mahinda College, Galle and later to Maha Bodhi College, Maradana. His longest stint came even later at S. Thomas’ College from 1952 until 1979.

 

Courtesy: Ada Derana