焚毀賈夫納公共圖書館(, Yāḻ potu nūlakam erippu)是斯里蘭卡內戰爆發前後所發生的重要事件,也是20世紀大規模焚燒民族文學作品的事件之一。1981年6月1日晚間,僧伽羅人暴徒暴怒,焚燒賈夫納公共圖書館。此次暴行据说是由统一国民党组织的。
賈夫納公共圖書館遭到焚毀前,也被列為當時亞洲最大的圖書館之一,擁有超過97,000本書籍和手稿,但最終這些書籍都遭到焚毀,包括帶有重要歷史價值的「棕櫚葉卷軸」。這起具種族意涵的書籍破壞行為,導致坦米爾人相信政府不會保護他們及其文化,也使許多坦米爾人開始支持建立從斯里蘭卡分離的獨立國家。
參見
- 文化滅絕
- 亞歷山大圖書館
- 焚書坑儒
參考資料
延伸閱讀
Rebecca Knuth (2003), Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century*. New York: Praeger. ISBN 0-275-98088-X
Rebecca Knuth (2006), Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction*. New York: Praeger. ISBN 0-275-99007-9
Nicholas A. Basbanes (2003), A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World*. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-008287-9
外部連結
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100622051958/http://jaffnalibrary.lk/ Official website of the Jaffna library]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11668352 Jaffna library vandalized 2010]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080613072039/http://burningmemories.org/ Documentary on the burning of the library by Someetharan]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310145532/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/12/12/fea01.html History of the Jaffna public library]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070119215122/http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060612/hz_srilanka_0606/blogs5735 Burning Books] - Reported by Kevin Sites
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