Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, presents Booker Prizer winner Shehan Karunatilaka with the trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at the Roundhouse in London on Monday. Photo: AP
Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, presents Booker Prizer winner Shehan Karunatilaka with the trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at the Roundhouse in London on Monday. Photo: AP
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Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

  • The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a satirical novel set during the country’s civil war
  • Karunatilaka is the second Sri Lanka-born winner of the prestigious award, after Michael Ondaatje, who took the trophy in 1992 for The English Patient

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Updated: 6:08am, 18 Oct, 2022

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Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, presents Booker Prizer winner Shehan Karunatilaka with the trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at the Roundhouse in London on Monday. Photo: AP
Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort, presents Booker Prizer winner Shehan Karunatilaka with the trophy for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida at the Roundhouse in London on Monday. Photo: AP
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