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Tarzie Vittachi (September 23, – September 17, ), was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon. Vittachi authored two popular columns "Bouquets and Brickbats", and "Fly by Night" in the Ceylon Daily News.

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He later became the youngest editor (at 32) of the oldest newspaper in Asia, The Ceylon Observer, which was founded in He wrote a book known as Emergency 58 about the country's race riots in that won him the Magasaysay Prize in From he was chairman of the World Subud Association for 25 years.

From to he was Asian director of the International Press Institute, an organization of editors devoted to promoting the freedom of the press. He was, at the same time, a correspondent for The Economist, the BBC and The Sunday Times of London and