Kumaratunga munidasa

Mr Kumaratunga Munidasa is considered as a great person in sinhala history. He is famous as a poet  but he has held many occupations as a teacher and as a journalist.He was born on 1887july 24th on a small village in Matara district in  Dekvella Idigasara village. He was the 12 child  of 13 siblings of his family . He started his primary education in Dekvalla Buddist college later he attend  St  Thomas college Mathara. he complete his education in Dekwella Perivena. 

He started his career as a teacher, later he became as a principle of  Kadugannawa Bilingual school. He also held his position as a inspector of education. He is considered as a educationist  in sinhala because of his ability  of communicating many language as sinhala, English, Tamil, Pail,Greek,Latin and Malayalam.  He was a writer of many sinhala poems as Tisara,Salalihini, Hansa,Paravi,Gira,His first book was Nikaya sangraha vivaranaya.and many other books as Sidath sagarava,Kav silumina,Lopakaraya,Kavya sakaraya,Amavatura,Alu athtanugalu ainshya,Pugawaliya,Saddarma rathnawaliya,Kusajathaka kavya  are famous of his books. He was a  person that  considered about the sinhala language development of children, by introducing many interesting books as Heensaraya,Hathpana,Magul kama ,Kumara gee ,Nelawilla, Kumarodaya are best among children. He introduced many grammer books to schools in order to improve the children's grammar knowledge.

He was also rendered his service as a journalist in Lakminipahana newspaper.   He passed away on 2nd march 1944, but the service he rendered still live in our lives.