The Kala Keerthi (Sinhala: කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".[1] It is the highest national honour for arts, culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.
Awardees
Awardees include: [2]
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- Prof Thomas Earle Joseph de Fonseka
- Dr Punchi Bandara Sannasgala
- Varindra Tarzie Vittachi
- 1989
- Eileen Siriwardhana
- Alankarage Victor Suraweera
- Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja
- Jinadasa Vijayatunge
- 1990
- Miniwandeni Pathirannehelage Tillakaratna
- Arumugam Kandiah
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- Sembuge Shelton Gamini Fonseka
- Miguel Hewage Goonatilleka
- Chitra Malinee Jayasinghe Peris
- Ponniah Poologasingham
- Jayadeva Tilakasiri
- Vini Vitharana
- 1994
- Pinnaduwa Hewa Cyril de Silva Kulathilaka
- Chitrasena
- Swarna Jayaweera
- Sinnathamby Thillainathan
- Madawala Sirisena Ratnayake
- Wimal Wickrama Surendra
- Mawanana Hewa Peter Silva
- Anuradha Seneviratne
- Nambukara Thanthrige Karunaratna Gunapala Senadheera
- Ashley Halpe
- 1998
- 2005
- 2017 [4]
- Arun Dias Bandaranaike
- Edmand Ranasinghe
- G. Kartini Drahaman Mohamed
- George Edmond Jayasinghe
- Gunawardhana Mudalige Ajith Hemachandra
- Hapuwalanege Don Ariyadasa (Dasa Hapuwalana)
- Herman Ronald Lakshman De Alwis
- Ivor Dennis
- Kurukulasuriya Eligius Camillus Perera
- Lalitha Sarathchandra
- Lionel Bentharage
- Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka
- Namel Weeramuni
- Nanayakkarage Sumana Jayatillake
- Nellampitiya Pathirana Arachchige Dayawathi (Daya Nellampitiya)
- Ranasinghe Arachchige Jayantha Prema Lal Hegoda
- Saravanai Vinayagamoorthy
- Singarampillai Thillanadarajah
- Suminda Sirisena
- Suresh Maliyadde
- Sunanda Mahendra
- Wijesinghe Arachchilage Abeysingha
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