Author delves into Lanka’s tumultuous past; asks youths to remember country’s history Mysore/Mysuru: Shehan Karunatilaka, the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’ has issued a call to the youth of Sri Lanka to delve into the country’s tumultuous past, marked by assassinations and bombings. Karunatilaka made these remarks during a panel…
Booker Prize-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka
June 28, 2023Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka made his mark on the international literary scene with his first novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ way back in 2011, winning the DSC Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and a host of other accolades. Last year he won the Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’…
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