He depicted the villagers' lives in a broader perspective and described the environment beautifully in poetic language Wimalaratne Kumaragama was born on 18 January 1919 at Narampanawa, Patadumbara, Pallispattu Korale West.
[1] After passing the Government Clerical Competitive Examination, Kumaragama started his career as a clerk at Kaccheri, Anuradhapura.
Some of his outstanding, famous and popular poems, "Wanniye mal", "Harak Hora", "Iiyanayake", "Yantam beruna", "Game-wewa" and "Herath Hami", depict the true life of the villagers of Wanniya.
He, as well as his contemporaries Meemana Prematilaka and Sagara Palansooriya, were said to be great admirers of Romantic poets John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth and Alfred Tennyson.
After a life entirely devoted to uplifting the standard of living of the poor villagers of Wanni, Kumaragama died on December 30, 1962.