Columnists,Tina Edward Gunawardhana,Top Story l by Tina Edward Gunawardhana l 27 Jul 2021     - 217

Sri Lankan Author Included in 2021 Booker Prize Longlist


Announced early this morning, the 2021 Booker Prize longlist includes the book A Passage North by Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam. In recent weeks Sri Lankan authors have come to the limelight for their literary works and this latest announcement once again shines the spotlight on Sri Lanka's burgeoning literary talent.

Arudpragasam's book published by Granta Books, Granta Publications is one of desire, loss and the legacy of a civil war. It traces a young man's journey into Sri Lanka's war-torn North and relates a searing story.

Joining a longlist of eminent authors such as Kazuro Ishiguro, a previous winner of the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature, Arudpragasam's book is one of thirteen on the longlist. The judging panel comprised of Historian Maya Jasanoff, Writer and Editor Horatia Harrod, Actor Natascha McElhonem, twice Booker shortlisted Novelist and Professor Chigozie Obioma and Writer and former Archbishop Rowan Williams. 

The shortlist of six books will be announced on the 14th of September and the winner on the 2nd of November this year.

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Tina Edward Gunawardhana

Tina Edward Gunawardhana is the Deputy Editor of Hi!! Magazine. She writes on a variety of topics which include travel, fashion, lifestyle, cuisine and personalities. She is also a journalist for the Daily Mirror Life. An intrepid traveller, Tina likes to show readers the world through her eyes and experiences. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - tinajourno or email her at tinajourno@gmail.com

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