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Ashok Ferrey

アショク・フェッレイ

Ashok Ferrey

Aliases: Ashok Ferry / Suresh Mudannayake

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-01-01 （Colombo）
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Languages
English
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Colombo, Sri Lanka → East Africa → Worth Abbey, UK → Oxford, UK → London, UK → Sri Lanka

Career

Occupations
novelist, building developer
Active Years
2003-2024
Nominations
Gratiaen Prize nominations (5 times), DSC Prize for South Asian Literature longlist (2017)

Education

Worth Abbey
Benedictine monastery school
Country: United Kingdom
Christ Church, Oxford
pure mathematics
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Gratiaen Prize
2021
Work: The Unmarriageable Man
Organization: Gratiaen Prize
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Colpetty People

2003 literary fiction

A novel depicting everyday life in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan society

The Good Little Ceylonese Girl

2007 literary fiction

Serendipity

2009 literary fiction

Love in the Tsunami

2012 literary fiction

A love story set against the tsunami

tsunamilove

The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons

2016 literary fiction

The Professional

2017 literary fiction

The Unmarriageable Man

2021 literary fiction

Story of an unmarriageable man

Bibliography

  • Colpetty People (2003)
  • The Good Little Ceylonese Girl (2007)
  • Serendipity (2009)
  • Love in the Tsunami (2012)
  • The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons (2016)
  • The Professional (2017)
  • The Unmarriageable Man (2021)
  • 100 Ways to Write a Book (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
literary fiction style
Recurring Motifs
Sri Lankan everyday life

Legacy

Prominent Sri Lankan literary writer who won the Gratiaen Prize, founded by Michael Ondaatje.

Trivia

  • Uses alias Suresh Mudannayake.
  • Raised in East Africa, educated in the UK.