Shehan Karunatilaka

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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 of all time by Wisden. His second 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.

Career

1. 1975
   Born
2. 2022
   Won Booker Prize
3. Notable work: Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
4. Notable work: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Galle
• •Citizenship: Sri Lanka
• •Known as: writer