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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shehan_KarunatilakaShehan Karunatilaka - Wikipedia

    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.

  2. www.shehanwriter.comHOME | Shehan Writer

    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.

  3. www.nytimes.com › 2022/10/17 › booksShehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of...

    Oct 17, 2022 · Karunatilaka is the second Sri Lankan-born author to win the Booker Prize since it was founded in 1969, following Michael Ondaatje, whose novel “The English Patient” won in...

  4. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › authorsShehan Karunatilaka | The Booker Prizes

    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.

  5. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › featuresShehan Karunatilaka interview: 'Sri Lankans specialise in gallows...

    Sep 6, 2022 · It is a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war. We spoke to Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, about the legacy of his country’s civil war, and exploring the afterlife.

  6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-63292589Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins...

    Oct 17, 2022 · The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, a supernatural satire set amid a murderous Sri Lankan civil war, has won the Booker Prize.

  7. indianexpress.com › article › explainedBooker Prize 2022: Who is Shehan Karunatilaka, what is Seven...

    Oct 18, 2022 · Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, published in the subcontinent as Chats with the Dead.

  8. www.nytimes.com › 2022/10/28 › booksBook Review: ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’ by Shehan...

    Oct 28, 2022 · Shehan Karunatilaka’s new novel, the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, audaciously reimagines modern Sri Lankan experience for Anglophone readers otherwise accustomed to the lyric...

  9. time.com › 6223093Shehan Karunatilaka on Booker Prize and Sri Lanka's Crisis -TIME

    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...

  10. thebookerprizes.com › the-booker-library › featuresShehan Karunatilaka on Kurt Vonnegut: ‘He's the genius I have...

    Oct 17, 2022 · Shehan Karunatilaka on Kurt Vonnegut: ‘He's the genius I have robbed from the most' The author of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, explains why its plot, tone and black humour all owe a debt to the American writer