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Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975) is a Sri Lankan writer. He grew up in Colombo, studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.
Shehan Karunatilaka is a Sri Lankan writer most notable for his 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, which won the Commonwealth Prize, the DSC Prize, the Gratiaen Prize and was adjudged the second greatest cricket book of all time by Wisden.
Shehan Karunatilaka emerged on to the global literary stage in 2011, when he won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSL and Gratiaen Prize for his debut novel, Chinaman. The book was declared the second-best cricket book of all time by Wisden.
On his native Sri Lanka, queer rights, civil war, the hungry ghosts of Buddhist literature, and the inspiration behind the central character in his Booker Prize winning novel The Seven...
Oct 17, 2022 · The Sri Lankan writer received the award, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, for his second novel, which examines the trauma of his country’s decades-long...
Oct 18, 2022 · Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his second novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife.
Sep 16, 2022 · Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka became a star over a decade ago with his brilliant cricket-themed debut novel, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, that won him some top awards.
Oct 19, 2022 · Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka on Literature and Sri Lanka’s Ongoing Crises. 8 minute read. Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lankan author of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,' attends...
Oct 17, 2022 · It is a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war. As Shehan Karunatilaka becomes the second Sri Lankan author to win the Booker, here’s everything you need to know about him and his prize-winning novel.
Oct 17, 2022 · The Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his genre-defying second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.
