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Pawan Anjana Koholangoda<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across cinema, literature, and visual design. He is currently completing his degree in cinema and visual culture at the University of Peradeniya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His literary practice spans contemporary poetry and lyricism, with published collections including Sulanga Thuru Agissaka<\/em>, Walakulu Nimnayata Enna<\/em>, and Sondura Ehemai Premaya<\/em>. As a writer and director, his cinematic work aligns with art-house and slow cinema traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his visual design practice, he specializes in book cover design, illustration, and typography. This includes Sinhala typefaces, such as Pawana and Aragalaya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Best Book Cover<\/strong> Design<\/strong> \u2013 Galle Literary Festival (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Book Cover<\/strong> Design<\/strong> \u2013 State Literary Awards (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nominee for Best Poetry Collection<\/strong> \u2013 Godage Literary Awards (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nominee for Best Poetry Collection<\/strong> \u2013 Vidyodaya Literary Awards (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Poetry Manuscript Award<\/strong> \u2013 Godage Manuscript Competition (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Poetry Manuscript Award<\/strong> \u2013 North Central Art Festival (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bio Pawan Anjana Koholangoda is a multidisciplinary artist working across cinema, literature, and visual design. He is currently completing his degree in cinema and visual culture at the University of Peradeniya. His literary practice spans contemporary poetry and lyricism, with published collections including Sulanga Thuru Agissaka, Walakulu Nimnayata Enna, and Sondura Ehemai Premaya. As a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Pawan","author_link":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/author\/pawan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Bio Pawan Anjana Koholangoda is a multidisciplinary artist working across cinema, literature, and visual design. He is currently completing his degree in cinema and visual culture at the University of Peradeniya. His literary practice spans contemporary poetry and lyricism, with published collections including Sulanga Thuru Agissaka, Walakulu Nimnayata Enna, and Sondura Ehemai Premaya. As a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pawankoholangoda.com\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}