据苏联《外国文学》1月号报导,錫兰地方政府兼文化事业部目前正采取措施建立国立文学研究院。国立文学研究院的任务是:促进民族語言文学的发展,推动錫兰作家翻译外国文学 According to the January issue of “Foreign Literature” by the Soviet Union, the Ceylon Local Government and Cultural Affairs Department is currently taking steps to establish the National Institute of Literature. The mission of the National Institute of Literature is to promote the development of national language and literature and promote the translation of foreign literature by Ceylon writers