Douglas Walatara

Dr Douglas Walatara (23 October 1920 - 2 February 2011) was a notable Sri Lankan lecturer in English and had a number of well known published materials.

[3] A popular Sri Lankan Newspaper, the Sunday Times, describes Dr Walatara as having performed with much distinction, the task of educating teachers in the South Asian country.

Dr Walarara initially taught at the Sri Lankan Government Training College in Maharagama for over 20 years.

[6] It has been claimed that he renounced a prestigious position as an executive in the Bank of Ceylon to take up a role as a lower paid but more fulfilling, job as a teacher-educator.

[7] Douglas Walatara was the eldest of three brothers born to an Anglo-Indian mother from Goa, India, and a Sinhalese father from Colombo, Sri Lanka.