Vijita Fernando (born 5 December 1926) is a Sri Lankan journalist, translator and fiction writer.
She was a winner of the Gratiaen Prize[1] and has received Sri Lanka’s State Literary Award.
Her translation of two novels by the novelist Gunadasa Amarasekara, Out of the Darkness, won the 2003 Gratiaen Prize and a State Literary Award in 2004.
She is a former chairperson of the Centre for Family Services, the NGO pioneered by Dr Manoranee Saravanamuttu for women and children affected by conflict.
She is a member of SLACLALS, the English Writers' Cooperative, and the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women.