Opposition Leader adds congratulations to Booker Prize 2022 winner Shehan Karunatilaka

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Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa speaking to Parliament today (18) added his congratulations to Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Booker Prize 2022, for his novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.’

Appreciating Karunatilaka’s global recognition, the Opposition Leader added he won the Gratian Prize in 2008, the Commonwealth Prize in 2010 and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2012 for his novel “Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Matthew.”

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