July 9 uprising unified Sri Lanka across races, generations: Booker Prize winner

The uprising witnessed in Sri Lanka on July 9 last year was “something spectacular” as it unified the whole country across races, generations and political views, says noted writer and Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka.

Karunatilaka, considered one of Sri Lankas foremost authors, won the Booker Prize 2022 for his second novel, “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”.

He was in Kerala to participate in the ongoing Kerala Legislature International Book Festival (KLIBF) at the state Assembly premises and the Kerala Literature Festival currently underway in Kozhikode.

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