Vicumpriya Perera

Vicumpriya Perera
Born Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lankan
Education Ananda College, St. Anthony's College, Wattala
Occupation lyricist, poet, mathematician

Vicumpriya Perera (Sinhala:විකුම්ප්‍රිය පෙරේරා) (19 February) is a Sri Lankan born mathematician, lyricist, music producer and a poet.[1][2] He has published two books of sinhala poetry Mekunu Satahan (Sinhala:මැකුනු සටහන්) [2001][3] , and Paa Satahan (Sinhala:පා සටහන්) [2013].[4][5] He has produced eight sinhala song albums containing exclusively of his lyrics. These albums are Paa Satahan [2008], Weli Aetayak [2009],[6] Ukusu Es [2010], Niwaadu Kaale [2011], Viduli Eliyak [2012], Mal Renuwak [2013],[7][8]Siththaruwanani [2014], and Indikalaa Pem Medurak [2015]. He is credited with writing over 150 songs.

Life and career

Early life

Vicumpriya Perera is originally from Wattala, Sri Lanka. He is an old boy of St. Anthony's College, Wattala and Ananda College, Maradana, Sri Lanka. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics with first class honours from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and continued his graduate studies at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis and obtained a doctorate degree from Purdue University in Pure Mathematics with research concentration in Operator algebras and Functional Analysis in 1993.[9]

Recent events

Vicumpriya Perera is working as a mathematics professor at Kent State University – Trumbull campus, Kent, Ohio since 1998. He is working in the area of Operator algebra, Pure mathematics. He resides in Ohio, United States of America.

List of audio CDs

Major productions

References

  1. "Digital legacy of Sinhala songs". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. "Vicum Priya Perera – mathematician, translator and electronic recorder". Sunday Island. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. "Mekunu Satahan ebook". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. Perera, Vicumpriya (2013). Paa Satahan. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: Sarasavi Publishers. ISBN 9789556717921.
  5. 1 2 "A homeland in cyberspace". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Weli Aetayak': Nalin and Vicumpriya's joint venture". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  7. 1 2 Thilakarathne, Indeewara. "Depicting life through songs". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  8. Perera, Charith. "Digitally-preserved Sinhala songs". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  9. Perera, Vicumpriya (1993). Real Valued Spectral Flow in a Type II-[infinity] Factor. Purdue University.
  10. Paa Satahan – Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka
  11. Ukusu Es
  12. Niwadu Kaale – Sanduni Rashmika
  13. Viduli Eliyak – Nilupuli Dilhara
  14. Mal Renuwak – Nalin Jayawardena
  15. Thilakarathne, Indeewara. "Depicting life through songs". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  16. Madugalle, Dushyantha. "Promoting Lankan culture in and out of diaspora". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  17. Siththaruwanani – Nalin Jayawardena
  18. Withanachchi, Thinani. "Nalin in Sri Lanka to release 11th CD". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  19. "Voice from Australia, Lyrics from America and Music from Sri Lanka". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  20. 1 2 "Dhammapada at Lanka Heritage website". Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  21. Müller, F. Max (1881). The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X). Oxford University Press.
  22. Gil Fronsdal, and Jack Kornfield (foreword) (2005). The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations, Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 1-59030-211-7.
  23. "Sarasavi Prakashakayo". Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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