What is Shehan Karunatilaka?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | image = Shehan Karunatilaka.jpg | name = Shehan Karunatilaka | caption = Karunatilaka in 2020 | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}} | birth_place = [[Galle]], Sri Lanka | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer, Creative Director | nationality = Sri Lankan | period = 2000 &ndash; present | genre = Novels | subject = Sri Lankan society | movement = | notableworks = ''[[Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew|Chinaman]]'' (2010)<br /> ''[[The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida]]'' (2022) | influences = | influenced = | website = {{URL|https://www.shehanwriter.com/}} }} '''Shehan Karunatilaka''' (born 1975) is a Sri Lankan writer. His first novel was ''[[Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew]]'' and it won the [[Commonwealth Writers|Commonwealth Prize]]. His second novel ''[[The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida]]'' won the 2022 [[Booker Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida {{!}} The Booker Prizes |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-seven-moons-of-maali-almeida |access-date=16 October 2022 |website=thebookerprizes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2022 |title=Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/10/18/shehan-karunatilaka-booker-prize.html |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Onmanorama |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karunatilaka, Shehan}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Sri Lankan writers]] [[Category:Booker Prize winners]] {{bio-stub}}