“Narcissus” by Jean Arasanayagam

A Poem that Reflects a Forgotten Face: Jean Arasanayagam's "Narcissus". By Subhagya Liyanage In 1986, Jean Arasanayagam published a lone poem titled “Narcissus” that bore testimony to the poet’s erstwhile passion for less world-weary, more creative poetic endeavours. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to state that, had she not been subject to the horrors...

Jean Arasanayagam

Jean Arasanayagam (b. 1931, nee Solomons) is arguably Sri Lanka's most widely read and anthologized poet publishing in the English language. She is of Dutch-Burgher origin and along with spouse Thiagarajah and daughter Parvathi forms one of Sri Lanka's most reputed writer-families. Best known as a poet, Jean is also a writer of short fiction,...