Personal Collections
Personal collection of individuals including books, magazines, monographs and other documents are of great importance in our society. Such collections have been handed to Noolaham Foundation partially and fully for digitization.
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Thevathas Thambiayah
Thevathas Thampiayya is a retired teacher originally from Pungudutivu. He was born in Jaffna on 24th of April, 1951. He is well know for his books on Sri Lankan cinema and translations from Sinhala to Tamil. He has written a number of books on Cinematography, Proverbs etc.
Thevathas was one of the early contributors towards Noolaham activities. He gave a number of books and magazines especially related to cinema and radio to digitize and include in Noolaham digital library. He involves with Noolaham Foundation to share his publications as well as collections so that readers all around the world can benefit.
Antony Jeeva
Sebastian Antony Jeeva is a well known Tamil author from the Malaiyaham (Up-Country) region of Sri Lanka. He was born in Colombo on 26th May, 1944 and lives in Malaiyaham. He has been supporting to the literature related activities of hill country Tamils for a long time so that they can express their livelihood difficulties. He served as a newspaper reporter in ‘Thinappathi’ and ‘Sinthaamani’ journals in early stage of his life and also now works as a freelance writer for several newspapers.
Antony Jeeva has given his valuable books collection and his publications such as fictions, short stories, poems and research books to digitize and publish at Noolaham digital library. He also has contributed towards identifying and approaching various writers from Malaiyaham so that their publications can be documented as well.
