Dear Fellows / Members/
Colleagues,
It is with regret and
sadness this announcement comes to you, to inform the passing away of Mrs.Anne
Ranasinghe last evening.
Funeral arrangments will
be notified in due course.
Your's sincerely,
Dr. Ranjan Dias
President
President
--
The
College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka
Anne Ranasinghe (b.1925)
Anne Ranasinghe (b.1925)
'Anneliese Katz was the
daughter of a Jewish family in Germany. She left for England soon after the
Nazi anti-Jewish pogroms began. After schooling she trained in midwifery and
later, married the Sinhalese Buddhist Dr. D. A. Ranasinghe from Ceylon. The
Ranasinghes came back to Ceylon where her husband became a University Professor
and they led a successful life, raising their seven children. Sometime after
her husband's death, Anne began writing poetry. Most of her poems have been on
the Jewish experience and the Holocaust. Her poetry has won many accolades and
awards in Ceylon and Germany. She has been a live wire of the English Writers'
Cooperative and associates closely with writers of all ages and persuasions.'
Exccerpt from Tissa Devendra's article in the Times of Ceylon.