Janaka Malwatta Janaka Malwatta i(7533193 works by)
Born: Established: Kandy,
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 2010
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1 In Praise of the Archives Janaka Malwatta , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 38 2024; (p. 141-146)
1 2 y separately published work icon Blackbirds Don't Mate with Starlings Janaka Malwatta , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2022 24685571 2022 selected work poetry

'From Sri Lankan-Australian poet Janaka Malwatta, a superb collection that directs its imagining towards a just future for the next generation.

'This is a work of activism, fury and hope. Its urgent and purposeful poems contribute to the dismantling of racism, raging against its machinery. It combines performance poetry with poetries of witness and memory, recounting personal experiences of racism as well as historic injustices.

'The coherence of this collection comes from the incandescent rage that burns from the first poem to the last. Yet there is a measure of compassion here, a compassion that is able to register contradiction and complexity without passing judgement. Ultimately this superb collection directs its imagining towards a just future for the next generation.'  (Publication summary)

1 Triptych – Past Present Future i "Middle aged, overweight", Janaka Malwatta , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 100 2021;
1 වස්තුව / Treasure i "the word itself is a trove", Janaka Malwatta , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 32 2020; (p. 46-48)
1 Passfail i "Speak with an Aussie or English accent: pass", Janaka Malwatta , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , November no. 39 2019;
1 Road to Chinchilla i "The road splits the country wide open,", Janaka Malwatta , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 18 2014;
1 Brisbane 2010 – 2013 Janaka Malwatta , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 18 2014;
1 Aluth Avuruddha (New Year) i "Bubbles of water boil to the surface,", Janaka Malwatta , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , no. 15 2013;
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