Carl Muller
Born	22 October 1935(1935-10-22) Kandy, Sri Lanka
Occupation	Author, Journalist
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Notable work(s)	The Jam Fruit Tree Children of the Lion
Spouse(s)	Sortain Harris

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^[1] and a State Literary Award for his historical novel, Children of the Lion.^[2]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 Novels 2.2 Historical Fiction 2.3 Science Fiction 2.4 Essays 2.5 Short stories 2.6 Poetry 2.7 Children's Fiction 2.8 Academic Works 2.9 Views & Reviews 2.10 Monographs 2.11 Aphorism 2.12 Hobbies 2.13 Travelogues 2.14 Works Edited 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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.^[3] He went on to briefly serve in the Ceylon Army and later joined the Colombo Port Commission as a signals officer. ^[1]

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.^[3]

Muller is currently a regular contributor to Sri Lankan newspapers. He and his wife live in Kandy with their three children.^[4]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Jam Fruit Tree (Winner of the Gratiaen Award) (1993)
• Yakada Yaka (1994)
• Once Upon A Tender Time (1995)
• Spit and Polish
• Maudiegirl's Kitchen

[edit] Historical Fiction

• Colombo - A Novel (1996)
• Children of the Lion (Winner of the State Literary Award) (1997)
• City of the Lion

[edit] Science Fiction

• Exodus 2300 (2003)

[edit] Essays

• Firing at Random

[edit] Short stories

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cemetery
• Birdsong & Other Tales
• All God's Children (2004) (shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award)
• The Python of Pura Malai and Other Stories
• Wedding Night (2007)

[edit] Poetry

• Father Samaan and the Devil
• Sri Lanka - A Lyric
• Propitiations
• A Bedlam of Persuasions
• Clouds over my Senses
• Read Me in Silence
• The Thin Red Line

[edit] Children's Fiction

• Ranjit Discovers Where Kandy Began (1992) (also rendered in Sinhala)
• The Python of Pura Malai and other stories

[edit] Academic Works

• The Elizabethans: The Origin of, and the Great Flowering of Modern English

Literature - Volume I

[edit] Views & Reviews

• Many Bulls in My China Shop
• More Bulls in My China Shop
• More and More Bulls in My China Shop
• The Bulls are Back in My China Shop

[edit] Monographs

• Glorying in that Great Divide
• Conflict in Cinderella’s Kitchen
• The Service Economy: Is there a Dangerous Dichotomisation of Wealth?
• Productivity: The Key to Economic Domination
• Tourism: Aiming for that Magic Million
• God Men Rising: Challenging the Bedrock of Hindu Beliefs and Values
• Conflict Within: Challenging Sovereignty and Human Solidarity

[edit] Aphorism

• Carl Muller’s Mental Mayhems

[edit] Hobbies

• Stamp Stories of the USA

[edit] Travelogues

• Indian Journeys

[edit] Works Edited

• Mews and Purrs (Lancashire, England)]
• The Tide Press of a Dedicated Life: A Tribute to Christine Spittel-Wilson
• Rendering Unto Caesar
• The Poems of Destry Muller (Winner of the State Literary Award)
• A Rainbow Sash Adorns my Dreaming Sky

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Partial Profile at The Literary Encyclopaedia
• Author page at Penguin Books India
• Author page on Goodreads
• Author page on WriteClique