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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.

   • Genre: Novels, children's books, short stories
   • Occupation: Writer, Creative Director

   • Nationality: Sri Lankan

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   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 ...

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   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...

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   Who is Shehan Karunatilaka?

   • His third novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ( Sort of Books, 2022) was announced as the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize on 17 October 2022. Shehan Karunatilaka was born in 1975 in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, and grew up in Colombo.

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   Did Shehan Karunatilaka win the Booker Prize?

   • At a virtual event for Bookshop.org in June 2023, Shehan Karunatilaka was interviewed by 2015 Booker winner Marlon James, who ‘paved the way for hairy men’ to win the prize. 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.

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   Is Shehan Karunatilaka a good book?

   • But Shehan Karunatilaka mixes different genres so deftly that you end up with a rich, satisfying novel, rather than an overstuffed one. The opening of the book sets the slightly absurd tone. It starts in the afterlife, which turns out to be bureaucratic and banal.

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   Who was Karunatilaka?

   • Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan writer living in Colombo, had more pressing concerns at the time. He was taking his children to school while his wife was waiting in a four-day line for gas; a harsh reality of day-to-day life during Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in seven decades.

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   Shehan Karunatilaka is a Sri Lankan author who won the Booker Prize in 2022 for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Learn more about his life, work, inspirations and interviews on this web page.

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   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.

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8. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-63292589Booker Prize 2022: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins ...

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   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.

9. www.cnn.com › style › articleSri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

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   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...