{{morerefs|date=January 2023}} {{Redirect-distinguish|State Literary Award|State Literary Award (Poland)}} {{Infobox award | name = The State Literary Award | current_awards = | image = | caption = | awarded_for = Best books of the year written in Sri Lanka | reward = | presenter = | country = | location = Colombo, Sri Lanka | year = {{start date and age|1959}} | year2 = | website = {{URL|http://www.cultural.gov.lk/}} }} The '''State Literary Award''' is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed.<ref name=dailynews2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/10/02/news55.asp |title=State literary awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018165159/www.dailynews.lk/2010/10/02/news55.asp |archive-date=18 October 2012 |website=Daily News Sri Lanka |date=2 October 2010}}</ref>
==Winners== {{empty list|date=January 2023}} {| class="wikitable" |+ Best Novels |- ! Year !! English Novel !! Tamil Novel !! Sinhala Novel |- | 2009<ref name=dailynews2010/> || ''Colombo Streets'' - Thisuri Wanniarachchi || ''Sule'' - V.P. Arunanandam || ''Kandak Sema'' - Sumithra Rahubadda |}
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