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Sunil Govinnage Sunil Govinnage i(A56745 works by) (a.k.a. Sunil Kantha Govinnage)
Born: Established: 1950
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1986
Heritage: Sri Lankan
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1 I Don’t Write Poems in Sinhala Anymore i "While you craft your metaphors", Sunil Govinnage , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry 2017;
1 I Read Books by Only Minority Authors for a Year. It Showed Me Just How White Our Reading World Is. Sunil Govinnage , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Washington Post , 24 April 2015;
1 Fremantle beach i "As the sun dives", Sunil Govinnage , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 120)
1 Pettah Market i "Away from the world's markets", Sunil Govinnage , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 119)
1 White Mask i "Under", Sunil Govinnage , 2013 single work single work poetry poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013; (p. 118)
1 I'm Still Here i "I’m still here like a moving wind", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 198-199)
1 Don't Speak to Me of Derrida i "Please don't speak to me of Derrida", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 195-197)
1 Night Watchman i "The dark deep night", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 194)
1 Writer-in-Residence i "I will go home", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 193)
1 Keeping up with the Canadian Writers! i "I had read only Ondaatje until recently.", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 191-192)
1 The New-World Moon! i "The full moon frowns at me", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 189-190)
1 A Dying Wave i "The lonesome moon", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 187-188)
1 A Request (On Seeing a Photograph of a Displaced Child Living in a Camp in Northern Sri Lanka) i "I live in a cosy home abroad", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 185-186)
1 My Dreams Down Under i "In my dreams you enter the autumn rain", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 183-184)
1 Thunder at Night i "The sky does not wail like a kookaburra", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 181-182)
1 Sri Lanka : A Faded Memory i "My Sri Lanka", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 180)
1 We the AusLankans i "We the AusLankans", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 179)
1 We the Orientalists from Down Under i "We the Orientalists from Down Under", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 177-178)
1 My Love i "All the events", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 173)
1 Can I Fall in Love Again? i "Can I fall in love again?", Sunil Govinnage , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Perth - My Village Down Under : A Collection of Australian Poetry 2011; (p. 172)
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