Asoka_Weerasinghe

Asoka Weerasinghe

Asoka Weerasinghe

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Asoka Weerasinghe (born in Sri Lanka), was a former deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada.[1][2]

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Early life

Asoka was educated at Nalanda College Colombo, Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]

Poetry

His poem "Trail of Mankind" was adopted as the storyline for Canada's National Museum of Man's Orientation Hall in Ottawa 1972. Books written by him were shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman and Lampman-Scott Award as well.[6]

By profession he is a Geologist, Paleontology and Museology and also one time Curator of the Ottawa Museum in Canada.[7]

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    "Eye". www.nation.lk.
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    "I never edit my poems". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
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