The Kala Suri (; ) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n national honour awarded "''for special contributions to the development of the arts''". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Suri ranks lower than Vidya Nidhi.

Awardees

Awardees include: ;1984 *

Arisen Ahubudu Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu (Sinhala language, Sinhala: අරිසෙන් අහුබුදු; 18 March 1920 – 26 May 2011) was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala language, Sinhala lyricist, author and p ...

;1991 * Thangamma AppakuttyThangamma Appakutty
/ref> ;1994 * Yolande Abeywira ;1998 * Jiffry Yoonoos *

Parakrama Kodituwakku Kala Suri Parakrama Kodituwakku, is a notable Sinhala poet. After the revival and experimentations of Sinhala poetry during the 1950s and 1960s, the 1970s were marked by the rise of several young poets including Parakrama Kodituwakku, Monica Ruw ...

* Dharmasiri Bandaranayake * G. S. B. Rani * S. A D. D. Samarasekera * D. V. Richard de Silva *

Jayalath Manoratne Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne (; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020) was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He was a lecturer by profession as well as a director and producer. A highly versatile actor from drama ...

Tissa Abeysekera Deshabandu Tissa Ananda Abeysekara (7 May 1939 – 18 April 2009 as තිස්ස අබේසේකර) was a Sri Lankan filmmaker, actor, writer, director, screen playwright and political activist. He is better known as a script writer for t ...

* A. Sivanesa Selvan ;2005 * Anne Ranasinghe *

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* Barbara Sansoni Lewcock * Chandraguptha Thenuwara * Channa Wijewardena *

Chitra Ranawake Chitra may refer to: Art * Chitra (art), a historic art that includes paintings, sketching with or without multiple colors People * Chithra, Indian playback singer * Chitra (actress), Indian film actress (1965-2021) * V. J. Chitra, Indian telev ...

* Dulip Gabada Mudalige *

Edward Jayakody Jayakody Arachchige Don Edward Timothy Jayakody (; born 6 April 1952), popularly known as Edward Jayakody, is a Sri Lankan musician, singer, composer, and occasional actor. He has directed the music for hundreds of Sinhala films and television ser ...

* H. A. Perera *

Harsh Makalanda Harsh may refer to: Places * Harsh, Sikar, village in Rajasthan, India People with the given name * Harsh (given name) * Harsh Chhaya (born 1966), Indian actor * Harsh Chitale, Indian businessman * Harsh Gupta (born 1942), Indian earth sci ...

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* Janadasa Peiris *

Latha Walpola Deshamanya Matharage Rita Genevieve Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola (), is a Sri Lankan singer. Her fans refer to her as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka" Personal life Walpola was born on 11 November 1934 in Mount-Lavini ...

* M. A. Nuhuman *

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Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja Neelam or Neelum may refer to: Places * Neelum River, India and Pakistan * Neelam District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan * Upper Neelam, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Other uses * ''Neelam'' (film), 2013 Tamil drama film * Neelam (given name), including ...

* Oosha Saravanamuttu *

Parakrama Niriella Krishanadasa Narayana Bandaranayaka Brahmachari Mudiyanselage Parakrama Bandara Niriella (:si:පරාක්‍රම නිරිඇල්ල, පරාක්‍රම නිරිඇල්ල; born 18 April), popularly as Parakrama Niriella, i ...

* Pradeep Chandrasiri * Pushpakumara Kandegedara * R. Rushankan * Rajini Selvanayagam * Rohana Baddage * Rohanadeva Perera * Subramanium Vilvaratnam * Sarath Chandrajeewa *

Somaratne Dissanayake Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He was the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He is the winner of the most nu ...

* Stanley Omar * Sumathy Sivamohan * T. Shanathanan * Udaya Shantha Fernando

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