Arthur A. Perera

Arthur A. Perera is known for Sinhalese Folklore Notes: Ceylon, published in 1917. The book presents folklore and social customs from Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, and was printed in Bombay by the British India Press.

According to the book's introduction, it grew out of a series of earlier articles titled Glimpses of Sinhalese social life that had appeared in The Indian Antiquary about fourteen years earlier. In expanded form, the book brings together observations on traditions, beliefs, and daily life, making it useful both as a record of folklore and as a window into the period in which it was compiled.

Little biographical information about Perera was readily confirmed from reliable sources available here, so much of his public legacy rests on this surviving work itself. Even so, that book has remained findable through major library and archive records, which suggests an enduring interest in the cultural material he helped preserve.