Sugathapala De Silva (4 August 1928 – 28 October 2002) was a Sri Lankan dramatist and novelist.

[1] Sugathapala De Silva was born on 4 August 1928 Midigama (weligama, Matara), to the son of a small trader.

His childhood experiences later influenced him to write the novels Ikbithi Siyalloma Sathutin Jeevathvuha and Esewenam Minisune Me Asaw.

[4] De Silva worked for long time at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation as a producer, and in the late 1960s was in charge of the weekly radio play, and the weekly short story programs on the station, which were the first "stamping grounds" of writers and dramatists who are today well known in their own right.

[5] He married Sheela De Silva (KA Seelavathy) on 10 April 1970.