Events,Top Story l by HI Online l 24 Jun 2020     - 302

Shortlist Announced! Gratiaen Prize 2019


The shortlist for the Gratiaen Prize 2019 was announced at an online event on Saturday, 20th June 2020. The short-listed writers are, Andrew Fidel Fernando for the travelogue “Upon a Sleepless Isle”, Praveen Jayamanne for his novel “The Double Doorway”, Upali Mahaliyana for the novel “Tom-tom Boy”, and Vihanga Perera for his book of poems titled “Sentimental Pieces /The Private Funeral /The Classical War”.

The judges for the Prize are, Minoli Salgado, Professor of International Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, who is herself an award-winning novelist, Jake Oorloff, a creative writer and theatre director, and Tara Coomaraswamy who is an avid reader with a keen interest in literature and the fine arts. Their detailed bios can be found on the Gratiaen Trust website.

The event was livestreamed concurrently on the Facebook pages of Daily Mirror Online, the Gratiaen Trust and John Keells Foundation. The Gratiaen Prize 2019 is the first award event to be presented under the Gratiaen Trust’s new partnership with John Keells Foundation – the CSR entity of the John Keells Group - following the Primary Sponsorship Agreement entered into between the parties in October 2019. This partnership falls within John Keells Foundation’s focus area of Arts & Culture aimed at nurturing the livelihoods of artists towards safeguarding and promoting Sri Lankan arts and culture under its overall vision of "Empowering the Nation for Tomorrow".

A panel discussion with the short-listed writers, moderated by Smriti Daniel, will be streamed and published on the 27th of June at 6.30pm on the following Facebook and Instagram pages: Daily Mirror Online, Gratiaen Trust and John Keells Foundation. The announcement of the winner of the Gratiaen Prize 2019 will take place on the 4th of July 2020 at 6:30 pm on the same online platforms. All are invited to the online panel discussion and the main prize announcement event.

Wijeya Social Media (Daily Mirror Online, Lankadeepa Online, WNow and Tamil Mirror Online) are the official digital media partners for the Gratiaen Prize 2019.

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