DEATH NOTICE


ALOSIOUS JEYARAJ CANAGARATNA
( A.J.CANAGARATNA)

26.08.1934 – 11.10.2006

A.J. Canagaratna who is known in the literary circle as AJ has passed away on the early hours of 11th October 2006 in Colombo hospital.

AJ has been a writer, critic and translator for more than thirty decades and well known among the Tamil, Sinhala and English literary circles.

He was also a versatile editor.
He worked as a feature editor for the Daily News and co edited the weekly Saturday Review with Gamini Navaratna.
He was also edited a journal of the Northern Co operative Union-“The Cooperator”
and in the editorial board of a Tamil weekly published in the 90s from Jaffna- THISAI.

A.J. has been a senior instructor in English at the English Language Teaching Unit at the Jaffna University from 1976 to 1992.

Recently he had edited the works of late Regie Siriwardana titled as “Selected Writings of Regie Siriwardena- Literature and the Arts” in two volumes published by the ICES, Colombo.

The remains of late AJ will be at A.F.Raymonds from 9.00 am to 4.00pm on 12th October, Thursday and will be cremated at 5.00 pm at the Jawatha cemetory, Colombo.

Our deepest condolence and respects to our great friend.

Good bye AJ!


Department of Languages & Department of Fine Arts
Eastern University Srilanka
11.10.2006