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Anne FrankAnne Frank was a Jewish girl who if famous for her diary describing her

experiences of living in a secret annex in Amsterdam during the

Holocaust. She was born on the 12

th

of June 1929 and lived until shewas fifteen when she died at a concentration camp of a Typhus

outbreak in March, weeks before the camp was destroyed. The exact

date of her death is still unknown. Anne Frank spent 2 years and one

month of her life in an annex at the top of her fathers office building.

She shared the annex with seven other people:

y Otto Frank

y Elfriede Frank

y Margo Franky Hermann Pels

y Auguste Pels

y Peter Pels

y Fritz Pfeiffer



Mahagama SekaraMahagama Sekara was born on April 7

th1929 to John and Ranawaka

Apuhami in Radawana, Sri Lanka. He was educated at a government

school named Kirindiwela Maha Vidyalaya. He married KusumalathaSuraweera on September 5

thin 1963. Some of his works are:

Poems:

y Mak Nisada Yath

y Rajathilaka Lionel saha Priyantha

y Bodima

y Nomiyemi

Novels:

y Thun Man Handiyay Mano Mandira

Films:

y Thun Man Handiya



Geoffrey BawaGeoffrey Bawa was an architect born on the 23

rdof July 1919 in Sri

Lanka and passed away on May 27

th

2003. He was educated at RoyalCollege, Colombo 7. His further studies included Law and English at the

University of Cambridge in England. He graduated in 1938. Soon after

the Second World War, Geoffrey Bawa returned to Sri Lanka and

became a Lawyer in his fathers law firm. After his mother died in 1946

he left the law profession. In 1948 he bought a rubber estate between

Galle and Colombo and had a dream of building an Italian Villa on site.

However, he found this nearly impossible due to the lack of

architectural knowledge. Yet he carried on his dream and became apartner of the Edward Reid and Begg Architectural Practice in 1951.

Upon Edward Reids sudden death in 1952, Geoffrey was the sole

surviving partner and he returned to England to get a Degree in

Architecture. In 1956 he graduated; and returned back to Sri Lanka in

1957. Some of his works are:

y Bishops College

y The New Parliament- Kotte

y Hilton Colombo



W.D.AmaradevaW.D.Amaradeva was a Sri Lankan Musician specifically known for

combining Sri Lankan music with Indian Music. He was born in

Moratuwa, Sri Lanka to Wannakuwatta Waduge Don Ginoris Perera andBalapuwaduge Maggie Weslina Mendis on December 5

th1927. He was

first taught under Ven. Malalankara Nalaka. Later he joined Sri

Saddharmoday (a Buddhist mixed school) completed his basic

education there and later went onto higher studies at Sri Sumangala

College, Panadura, Sri Lanka. On completion of his further studies his

principal encouraged him and helped him to get into Kaluthara

Vidyalaya to get a better education. After he finished his education he

received a job at Radio Ceylon and he was exhibited to an audiencelarger than he had ever performed before. Throughout his career he

wrote and composed music for several Ballets, films, Dramas and Plays.

He was influenced by his brother from teaching him Indian music, his

mother by singing hymns and his father by playing the violins he used

to get to repair.



Charlotte BronteCharlotte Bronte was an English Author and poet who was born on April

21st

1818 and died on March 31st

1855 at age 38. Bronte was most

famous for Jane Eyre published in 1847.charlotte received a pooreducation at The Clergy Daughters School and most of her experiences

in her books and poems were from the imaginary kingdoms she and her

younger siblings played in. Charlotte was pulled out of school in 1825

just before her two elder sisters deaths and then she returned to

complete her education at Roe head, Mirfield 1831. Since the female-

Male dominations in that era, Charlotte used several pen names so that

she appeared a man. Some of her pen names were: Lord Charles Albert

and Currer BellSome of her works are:

y Jane Eyre

y The Green Dwarf

y Lilly Hart

y The Spell

y Tales of the islanders



Introduction

Life is either a Daring adventure or nothing

-Helen Keller-

Many people have had good influences on the society. However, Along

with the good one will find the bad. It depends on your strengths and

weaknesses to determine what will come out of your life. If you are

influenced by bad sources you may become a bad influence on society.

If you are influenced by good sources you will become a good influence

and role model to all. One must be aware of ones own skills and

talents. Trying to beat the gold medal record will not be possible if youcannot even get a bronze medal. Awareness and sheer determination

will get you to a good position in life. Putting ones own experiences

into your work will also be useful and make life for all exciting. Be your

best and live life to the fullest!

Helen Keller was a deaf and blind woman who later went on to write

novels due to the determination of herself



Famous Influences

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