Wimal Dissanayake was born on 1939 and is a Sri Lankan writer, lecturer, and scholar of Asian cinema and Asian communication theory.
15 Facts About Wimal Dissanayake
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Wimal Dissanayake graduated from the University of Peradeniya with a Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduating from the university, which merged while he was there with the University of Ceylon.
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Wimal Dissanayake then became Wei Lun Distinguished Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Wimal Dissanayake criticised the wholesale adoption of Western-based communication theory, research, and methodologies.
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Wimal Dissanayake studied the perspective and mindset of Asians in communication studies.
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Wimal Dissanayake developed Asian communication theories through studying classical Asian teachings, cultural ritual traditions, beliefs and norms.
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Wimal Dissanayake was considered as a pioneer of having introduced postmodernism literary theory for the benefit of Sinhalese readers.
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Wimal Dissanayake began publishing content about postmodernism theory through Sinhala newspapers during the 1990s.
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Wimal Dissanayake co-authored a book titled, Profiling Sri Lankan Cinema along with Ashley Ratnavibhushana and it was published in 2000.
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Wimal Dissanayake is known to have maintained a very close association with the Hawaii International Film Festival ever since its inception in 1981, and the longstanding association was ended in 1995 after 14 years.
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Wimal Dissanayake served as the professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
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Wimal Dissanayake received the Sahithya Rathna Award from the Government of Sri Lanka at the 2012 State Literary Festival.
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Wimal Dissanayake was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Kelaniya.
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Wimal Dissanayake was conferred with the prestigious Deshabandu title during the 2019 Sri Lankan national honours.
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Wimal Dissanayake received the Asian Communication Award in the virtual edition of the 28th AMIC Annual Conference, where the winners of the 2021 AMIC Asia Communication Awards were officially announced.