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Shehan Karunatilaka (International) assertion Shehan Karunatilaka i(A149963 works by)
Born: Established: Galle,
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Sri Lankan
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BiographyHistory

'Shehan Karunatilaka was born in Galle, Sri Lanka. He studied Business and Administration at Massey University in New Zealand, after which he worked as an advertising copywriter. He has also written rock songs, travel stories and basslines.'

Source: Commonwealth Writers website, http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/
Sighted: 11/10/2012

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Karunatilka is included on AustLit because one of his novels includes Australian characters.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew London : Jonathan Cape , 2011 Z1893719 2011 single work novel 'Retired sportswriter WG Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down Pradeep S. Mathew, a spin bowler who has mysteriously disappeared and who WG considers 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'.

'On his quest to find this unsung genius, WG uncovers a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths about Sri Lanka, cricket and himself.

'Ambitious, playful and strikingly original, Chinaman is a novel about cricket and Sri Lanka - and the story of modern day Sri Lanka through its most cherished sport.' (From the publisher's website.)
2012 winner Commonwealth Book Prize — Asia Region
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