Chandra Wickramasinghe - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Commonwealth Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1960-1963
  • Powell Prize for English Verse, Trinity College, 1961
  • Decorated by the President of Sri Lanka with the titular honour of Vidya Jyothi, 1992
  • Honorary DLitt, Sōka University (Japan), 1996
  • Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2004

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