Basil Fernando

Summary

Basil Fernando is a human^[1]. He was born in Wattala^[2]. He was born on +1944-10-14T00:00:00Z^[3]. He worked as a journalist^[4], human rights defender^[5], and poet^[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Basil Fernando was born in Wattala^[2].
• Basil Fernando was born on +1944-10-14T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Basil Fernando held citizenship in Sri Lanka^[8].
• Basil Fernando's professions included journalist^[4].
• Basil Fernando's professions included human rights defender^[5].
• Basil Fernando worked as a poet^[6].
• Basil Fernando received the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights^[9].
• Basil Fernando received the Right Livelihood Award^[10].
• Basil Fernando's image is recorded as Basilfernando.jpg^[11].
• Basil Fernando is recorded as male^[12].
• Basil Fernando's instance of is recorded as human^[13].
• Basil Fernando's ISNI is recorded as 0000000063976677^[14].
• Basil Fernando's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 21751092^[15].
• Basil Fernando's GND ID is recorded as 1146878184^[16].
• Basil Fernando's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no97053284^[17].
• Basil Fernando's IdRef ID is recorded as 143090852^[18].
• Basil Fernando's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35081667^[19].
• Basil Fernando's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxhdn^[20].
• Basil Fernando's family name is recorded as Fernando^[21].
• Basil Fernando's given name is recorded as Basil^[22].
• Basil Fernando's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 5090361^[23].
• Basil Fernando's Munzinger person ID is recorded as 00000030133^[24].
• Basil Fernando's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 820955^[25].
• Basil Fernando's JRC Names ID is recorded as 265868^[26].
• Basil Fernando's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007261182505171^[27].

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Origins and Family

Basil Fernando was born in Wattala^[2]. He was born on +1944-10-14T00:00:00Z^[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include journalist^[4], human rights defender^[5], and poet^[6].

Recognition

Awards received include Gwangju Prize for Human Rights^[9], an award^[28], in South Korea^[29], founded in 2000^[30] and Right Livelihood Award^[10], a politics award^[31], in Sweden^[32], founded in 1980^[33].

Why It Matters

Basil Fernando ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).^[7]

FAQs

Where was Basil Fernando born?

Basil Fernando's place of birth was Wattala^[2].

What did Basil Fernando do for work?

Basil Fernando worked as journalist^[4], human rights defender^[5], and poet^[6].

What awards did Basil Fernando receive?

Honors received include Gwangju Prize for Human Rights^[9] and Right Livelihood Award^[10].