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Shehan Karunatilaka

1975 - Today

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Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975) is a Sri Lankan writer. He grew up in Colombo, studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. His 2010 debut novel Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew won the Commonwealth Book Prize, the DSC Prize, the Gratiaen Prize and was adjudged the second greatest cricket book of all time by Wisden. His second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Sort of Books, 2022) was announced as the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize on 17 October 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Shehan Karunatilaka is the 7,327th most popular writer (down from 7,159th in 2024), the 46th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shehan Karunatilaka ranks 7,327 out of 7,302. Before him are Eleanor Catton, Baby Halder, Maarja Kangro, Shi Tao, Craig Thomas, and Laila Lalami. After him are Anna Kim, Espido Freire, Mohsin Hamid, Peaches Geldof, Akiane, and Nujood Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Shehan Karunatilaka ranks 1,060. Before him are Sigfús Sigurðsson, Frank Busemann, Yasuhiro Nagahashi, Abdullah Al-Waked, Esteban, and Olabisi Afolabi. After him are Jem, Srđan Pecelj, Naoto Sakurai, Uroš Murn, Peter Christensen, and Tomáš Karas.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Shehan Karunatilaka ranks 46 out of 51. Before him are Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Harini Amarasuriya (1970), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), David Wilkie (1954), and Muttiah Muralitharan (1972). After him are Pooja Umashankar (1981), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (1979), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), and Lasith Malinga (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Sri Lanka

Among writers born in Sri Lanka, Shehan Karunatilaka ranks 4. Before him are Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), Aryadeva (200), and Michael Ondaatje (1943).

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