Nationality Sri Lankan | Name Lionel Wendt | |
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Died 19 December 1944(1944-12-19) (aged 44) Occupation musician, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. |
Madras Musical Association (MMA) Sri Lankan Diaries - Lionel Wendt Theatre
Lionel Wendt (3 December 1900 – 19 December 1944) was a Ceylon pianist, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. Wendt was a founder member of the Colombo '43 Group of Sri Lankan artists and along with George Keyt and Harold Peiris is also known for his efforts to popularise Kandyan dance and other Sri Lankan dance forms. The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to his memory.
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- Madras Musical Association MMA Sri Lankan Diaries Lionel Wendt Theatre
- Sri Lankan Music Oba Nisa Live Performance Sili Sili The Lionel Wendt Theater Colombo Sri Lanka
- References
Wendt's friend and poet Pablo Neruda wrote in his memoirs that Wendt "was the central figure of a cultural life torn between the death rattles of the Empire and a human appraisal of the untapped values of Ceylon."
Sri Lankan Music: Oba Nisa Live Performance- Sili Sili @ The Lionel Wendt Theater, Colombo Sri Lanka
References
Lionel Wendt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA