Chamini Kulathunga

Writer, Editor, Translator

About Me

ArLiJo Women in Translation Issue, Aug. 2021

The Arlington Literary Journal’s special Women in Translation issue edited by Hollynd Karapetkova. There are treetopsof lofty proportionsthat just breathelying parallelentertaining less conversationbetraying no outward affectionnot even competingto get hold of the sun Read the full translation of “Lofty Treetops” on ArLiJo

Project Plume Poetry Spotlight

First published in Project Plume, August 2020 For our WIT Month 2020 poetry spotlight, we’re proud to present three poems by Thilini N. Liyanaarachchi, as translated from the Sinhalese by Chamini Kulathunga. The poem “To be a Queen is a Sin” questions how history books portray the only female ruler in ancient Sri Lankan history, Queen Anula of Anuradhapura, […]

“The Story of a Dreamy Sky”, World Literature Today

First published in the World Literature Today, August 2020 A Sri Lankan village’s sole film critic tells the story of Gamini: “My generation might be the last to remember the Sri Lankan movie maniacs like him. So, I must tell you his story.” (World Literature Today) My sister reported that the oldest movie maniac in […]

“Eastbound” by Ruwan Bandujeewa

First published in The Los Angeles Review Online, July 2020 Toward the middle of the cigarette, my thoughts turned semicircular and started heading eastward, completely defying my expectations. So now, they must travel through the central hills, through the fog. Because she is inside the fog, they will also have to travel through her in […]