By Kaushiki Mehta | 18 Oct, 2022
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize
Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his second novel "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida," about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife.Karunatilaka received a trophy from Queen Consort Camilla at the English language literary award's first in-person ceremony since 2019. He also gets a 50,000 pound ($56,810) prize.Set in 1990 Sri Lanka during the c...
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