Poetry Writer Of Meegahathenna
Poddeniyage Aaron Appuhami and Suwandarachchige Jehn Nona had twelve children in the beautiful village of Wedawatte, Meegahatenna. The eldest child in the family was born on May 16, 1931 and was named Martin Appuhami. He studied at Dodangoda Vidyalaya and Makalandawa Vidyalaya. Martin was fascinated by poetry. Poetry called "Kavi Kola" was a powerful method of mass communication in Sri Lanka a few decades ago. He could leave a unique identity in this element of Sri Lankan literature. First, he used his name as “Martin Appuhami of Meegahathenna” in his literary works, later he used the name “Martin Appuhami of Wediwaththa”. The number of sheets of poetry he has created is more than a thousand. It is recorded that sometimes, 6o thousand or one lac of copies of a single poetry has been sold out. His poetry stimuli to the nation's freedom struggle and the leftist political ideology in these areas at the time. He had an inborn talent to express sad emotions when...