Anura C. Perera

Anura C. Perera
Born	(1947-06-18) June 18, 1947 (age 77) Colombo Sri Lanka
Other names	Anura Chandra Perera
Education	Nalanda College, Colombo
Occupations	Author publisher
Known for	Author, astronomer

Anura C. Perera (born 18 June 1947) is a Sri Lankan science writer and astronomer.[1][2][3] He resides in the United States.

Early life

Perera was born in Colombo to parents Aleck Fedrick Perera and Dona Charlet Benaragama. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. He has an elder sister Indrani and younger brother Suraj.[4]

Career

He was deputy editor of Sri Lanka's first science magazine, Vidumina.^[citation needed] In 1971 he was awarded the Science award for his book Sun & Planets.^[citation needed]

References

1. "Science writer and Astronomer Anura C Perera has made arrangements" Archived September 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. Sarasavi The Book Shop
3. "Anura C. Perera launches book on Venus on the day of Venus transit"
4. New age traffic solution: Think vertical!

External links

• "මාව වෙනස් කළේ සූර්යග්‍රහණයක් තාරකා විද්‍යාඥ අනුර සී. පෙරේරා". Dinamina. 2014-06-19. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.

• "An attractive gift to readers of Dalada Varuna". Ceylontoday. March 6, 2014.

• "In memoriam". Nation. 2010-04-04.

• "Sun shines directly above SL". Dailymirror. 4 April 2014.

• "Book on 'Solar Eclipses' launched". Sunday Observer. 2010-02-14. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.

• "Astro-14". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.