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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 . His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize , the DSC Prize , the Gratiaen Prize and was adjudged the second greatest cricket book ...

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

   • Nationality: Sri Lankan

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

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   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 1992.

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   No hard feelings. 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.

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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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   Oct 17, 2022 · Mon 17 Oct 2022 16.51 EDT. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker prize for fiction. The judges praised the “ambition of its scope, and the...

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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. He is known for his humorous and satirical writing style, which explores the themes of civil war, death and humour in his country. Learn more about his life, work and influences on this web page.

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   Oct 19, 2022 · October 19, 2022 1:50 PM EDT. W hen Shehan Karunatilaka got the call from his ecstatic agents that his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, had been longlisted for the Booker Prize,...

9. 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. The Sri Lankan writer's novel is about a...