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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.
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...
Shehan Karunatilaka’s second novel won the Booker Prize in 2022. It is a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war.
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...
Oct 19, 2022 · The 2022 Booker Prize winner discussed the unexpected win and how Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war relates to present-day political struggle and economic hardship.
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.
Oct 28, 2022 · THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA, by Shehan Karunatilaka. A corpse serves as a surfboard on a lake full of dumped bodies. An Elvis Presley cassette is pivotal to the exposure of potential war...
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.
Dec 9, 2022 · RECENTLY, SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA won the Booker Prize 2022 for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Packed with talking ghosts and a deceased war photographer trying to solve his own murder over ‘seven moons,’ the metaphysical thriller was awarded for its “hilarious audacity”.
