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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