Carl Muller

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name = Carl Muller

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birthdate = Birth date|1935|10|22|df=yes
birthplace = Kandy, Sri Lanka
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occupation = Author, Journalist
nationality = Sri Lankan
spouse = Sortain Harris
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notableworks = "The Jam Fruit Tree"
"Children of the Lion"

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Carl Muller (22 October 1935–) is a Sri Lankan writer, poet and journalist best known for his trilogy about Burghers in Sri Lanka: "The Jam Fruit Tree", "Yakada Yaka" and "Once Upon A Tender Time". He has won Gratien Awards for "The Jam Fruit Tree" in 1993 [ [http://www.galleliteraryfestival.com/2007/authors/carlmuller.htm Profile of Carl Muller at The Galle Literary Festival Website] ] and a State Literary Award for his historical novel, "Children of the Lion".cite web |url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/02/03/plus05.asp |title='Writing till I drop' - Carl Muller |accessdate=2008-07-13 |format= |work=Sunday Observer |date=2008-02-03 ]

Biography

Muller was born in Kandy, the eldest in a family of thirteen. Dismissed from three schools, he left home at the age of eighteen to join the Royal Ceylon Navy as a signalman.cite web |url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20070923/arts.htm |title=A story teller like no other |accessdate=2008-07-13 |format= |work=Sunday Leader |date=2007-09-23 ] He went on to briefly serve in the Ceylon Army and later joined the Colombo Port Commission as a signals officer. [ [http://www.galleliteraryfestival.com/2007/authors/carlmuller.htm Profile of Carl Muller at The Galle Literary Festival Website] ] Next, Muller tried his hand at journalism, eventually marrying Sortain Harris and leaving Sri Lanka in order to work at newspapers in the Middle East.cite web |url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20070923/arts.htm |title=A story teller like no other |accessdate=2008-07-13 |format= |work=Sunday Leader |date=2007-09-23 ]

Muller is currently a regular contributor to Sri Lankan newspapers. He and his wife live in Kandy with their three children. [ [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4953 Carl Muller - The Literary Encyclopaedia] ]

Bibliography

Novels

* The Jam Fruit Tree (1993)
* Yakada Yaka (1994)
* Once Upon A Tender Time (1995)
* Colombo (1996)
* Children of the Lion (1997)
* Spit and Polish
* Exodus 2300 (2003)
* All God's Children (2005)

Short stories

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cemetery
* The Python of Pura Malai and Other Stories
* Wedding Night (2007)

Poetry

* Propitiations
* A Bedlam of Persuasions

References

External links

* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4953 Partial Profile at The Literary Encyclopaedia]
* [http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Authordetail.aspx?AuthID=1694 Author page at Penguin Books India]
* [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/551904.Carl_Muller Author page on Goodreads]
* [http://www.writeclique.net/profile.php?ID=343 Author page on WriteClique]