Mervyn De Silva

Mervyn de Silva (5 September 1929 – 22 June 1999) was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was the editor in chief of Lake House and of The Times of Ceylon, editor of the Ceylon Daily News and the Lanka Guardian.

Early life and family Mervyn de Silva was born on 5 September 1929. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo, and University of Ceylon (Peradeniya), where he was a contemporary of Felix Dias Bandaranaike. He edited the university newspaper between 1949 and 1953. They had one child, Dayan Jayatilleka, who is a politician and diplomat.

Career

Whilst studying law, de Silva joined Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, popularly known as Lake House, in 1954 as a part-time parliamentary reporter. Premil Ratnayake, D. B. Dhanapala and Christie Seneviratne.

During his career de Silva also worked for numerous foreign media including the BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, The Times of India, The Deccan Herald, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Le Monde Diplomatique, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor and Far Eastern Economic Review.