Ismath Fathima shines at Gampaha District Literary Contest
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Ismath Fathima wins eight first prizes at Gampaha District Literary Contest for Kaleliya Aligar Muslim Maha Vidyalaya.
Deputy Principal S. A. Ismath Fathima has secured eight first places and one third place in the open category at the 2019 Gampaha District Literary Contest.
She won the first places in the categories of poetry, children stories, short stories, lyrics writing and literary criticism in the Tamil and English streams. She secured third place in English lyrics
contest.
Ms. Ismath Fathima is a poet, a short story writer, a children’s story writer well known in the Sri Lankan Tamil Literary circles. Her poems appear in Tamil newspapers regularly. She has also published a
collection of poems titled “ Irandum Onru”. She hopes to publish soon her second book titled “Putheiyal Theadi”, a collectio of poems. She is a graduate of the Peradeniya University.
She is seen here receiving the awards from Assistant District Secretary Prasad Indika at the awards ceremony held at the Gampaha District Secretariat. Additional District Secretary Sugath Kithsiri, Chandrani Kandambi and other officials of the Meerigama Division Office were also present.