“A Way of Life”: Punyakante Wijenaike’s Servants and Some Rural Women in Her Work.

The Raw Matter of Her "Rural" Women: Some Household Servants, and Punyakante Wijenaike's A Way of Life and The Waiting Earth. By Vihanga Perera In 1987, Punyakante Wijenaike published A Way of Life, a memoir. In this, the writer’s retrospective impressions and recollections are united in introducing a host of "household persons" from grandparents, parents,...

Punyakante Wijenaike

Punyakante Wijenaike (b.1933) is a Sri Lankan writer of fiction, short story and poetry. Born to colonial Ceylon, she is among the first generation of Ceylon's / Sri Lanka's post-independence literati, and her early compositions coincide with cultural, social and political change and upheaval that were instrumental in the shaping of a 'new' nation in...