Lionel Wendt

Lionel Wendt (3 December 1900 – 19 December 1944.) was a Sri Lankan musician, photographer, literature collector, critic, and cinematographer. According to Pablo Neruda, Wendt "was the central figure of a cultural life torn between the death rattles of the Empire and a human appraisal of the untapped values of Ceylon."The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to the memory of Lionel Wendt.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 03, 1900
Birth place
Sri Lanka
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Date of deathDecember 19, 1944
Education
Inner Temple
Royal Academy of Music
S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia

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