title: Premio Gratiaen
text: # Premio Gratiaen
  
  Il Premio Gratiaen (Gratiaen Prize) è un riconoscimento letterario assegnato annualmente ad opere di narrativa, saggistica, poesia o teatrali scritte in lingua inglese da autori residenti nello Sri Lanka.
  
  Istituito nel 1992 dallo scrittore Michael Ondaatje con il denaro ottenuto dalla vincita del Booker Prize per Il paziente inglese, è amministrato dal Gratiaen Trust e sponsorizzato dalla John Keells Foundation.
  
  ## Albo d'oro
  
  1993
  
  * Carl Muller, The Jam Fruit Tree
  * Lalitha Withanachchi, Wind Blows Over the Hills
  
  1994
  
  * Punyakante Wijenaike, Amulet
  
  1995
  
  * Sybil Wettasinghe, The Child in Me
  * Rajiva Wijesinha, Servi (Servants)
  
  1996
  
  * Tissa Abeysekera, Bringing Tony Home
  
  1997
  
  * Gamini Akmeemana, The Mirage
  
  1998
  
  * Jeanne Thwaites, It's a Sunny Day on the Moon
  
  1999
  
  * Neil Fernandopulle, Shrapnel
  * Visakesa Chandrasekaram, Forbidden Area
  
  2000
  
  * Ruwanthi De Chickera, Middle of Silence
  
  2001
  
  * Elmo Jayawardene, Sam’s Story
  * Sumathi Sivamohan, In the Shadow of the Gun/The Wicked Witch
  
  2002
  
  * Vijita Fernando, Out of the Darkness
  
  2003
  
  * Nihal De Silva, Road from Elephant Pass
  
  2004
  
  * Jagath Kumarasinghe, Kider Chetty Street
  
  2005
  
  * Delon Weerasinghe, Thicker Than Blood
  
  2006
  
  * Senaka Abeyratne, 3 Star K
  * Isankya Kodittuwakku, The Banana Tree Crisis
  
  2007
  
  * Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, Nothing Prepares You
  
  2008
  
  * Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
  
  2009
  
  * Prashani Rambukwella, Mythil's Secret
  
  2010
  
  * Sakuntala Sachithanandan, On the Streets and Other Revelations
  
  2011
  
  * Madhubhashini Disanayake-Ratnayake, There's Something I Have to Tell You
  
  2012
  
  * Lal Meddawattegedera, Playing Pillow Talk at MGK
  
  2013
  
  * Malinda Seneviratne, Edges
  
  2014
  
  * Vihanga Perera, Love and Protest
  
  2015
  
  * Thiyagaraja Arasanayagam, White Lanterns: Wesak 2011
  
  2016
  
  * Charulatha Abeysekara Thewarathanthri, Stories
  
  2017
  
  * Jean Arasanayagam, The Life of the Poet
  
  2018
  
  * Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke, The One Who Loves You So
  
  2019
  
  * Andrew Fidel Fernando, Upon a Sleepless Isle
  
  2020
  
  * Carmel Miranda, Crossmatch
  
  2021
  
  * Ashok Ferrey, The Unmarriageable Man
  
  2022
  
  * Chiranthi Rajapaksa, Keeping Time and Other Stories
  * Yudhanjaya Wijeratne,The Wretched and the Damned
  