Back Srílanská literatura Czech Littérature srilankaise French सिंहल साहित्य Hindi Շրիլանկական գրականություն Armenian Ланкийская литература Russian ශ්රී ලාංකීය සාහිත්යය Singhalese Література Шрі-Ланки Ukrainian
Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient times were very different from the language used in Sri Lanka now. Up to the present, short stories are a very important part of Sri Lankan literature; the output of Sinhalese short story writers has elicited a greater measure of critical analysis.