title: Alfreda de Silva
text: # Alfreda de Silva
  
  Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (née Perera; 1920 - 2001) was a Sri Lankan poet, journalist and television screenwriter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  De Silva studied at St John's College and Girton School, both at Nugegoda, and qualified as a teacher. She later received a Ford Foundation grant to spend a year at the Yale Experimental Theatre and Drama School.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * De Silva, A. (1973). Children's poems. Colombo: Hansa Pub.
  * De Silva, A. (1977). Out of the dark the sun. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified.
  * De Silva, A. (1990). Pagoda House: Recollections of childhood. Colombo: Alfreda de Silva.
  