His 1994 novel Reef was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His first book, Monkfish Moon, a collection of short stories reflecting the ethnic and political tensions that have threatened Sri Lanka since independence in 1948, was published in 1992, and was shortlisted for several prizes. Life and work īorn in Colombo to a Sinhalese Christian family in 1954, Romesh Gunesekera grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where his father was a founder of the Asian Development Bank, and moved to England in 1971 and currently lives in London. He has judged a number of literary prizes and was Chair of the judges of Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition for 2015. Romesh Gunesekera FRSL (born 1954) is a Sri Lankan-born British author, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his novel Reef in 1994. Romesh Gunesekera at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2012įellow of the Royal Society of Literature UK, Sri Lanka Ranjana National Honour
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