Gratiaen Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2023) Winner
Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
ラミヤ・チャマリー・ジラシンヘ
Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Sri Lankan
- Languages
- Sinhala, English
- Residence History
- Sri Lanka
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1992-2024
- Nominations
- Gratiaen Prize shortlist 1998, Gratiaen Prize shortlist 2007, Gratiaen Prize finalist 2023
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gratiaen Prize | Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake | — | Gratiaen Trust | winner |
| 2011 | State Literary Award for Poetry | There's an Island in the Bone | 詩 | Government of Sri Lanka | winner |
| 1992 | Youth Poetry Award of the National Youth Council of Sri Lanka | — | — | National Youth Council of Sri Lanka | winner |
| 1997 | English Writers Cooperative's Poetry Competition | — | — | English Writers Cooperative | winner |
| 2009 | Joint Runners-up Prize for Novel Opening Paragraph | The Letting Go | — | The Guardian | joint runners-up |
Gratiaen Prize
2024
Work:
Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake
Organization:
Gratiaen Trust
Result:
winner
State Literary Award for Poetry
2011
Work:
There's an Island in the Bone
Category:
詩
Organization:
Government of Sri Lanka
Result:
winner
Youth Poetry Award of the National Youth Council of Sri Lanka
1992
Organization:
National Youth Council of Sri Lanka
Result:
winner
English Writers Cooperative's Poetry Competition
1997
Organization:
English Writers Cooperative
Result:
winner
Joint Runners-up Prize for Novel Opening Paragraph
2009
Work:
The Letting Go
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
joint runners-up
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake
2024 historical fictionHer debut novel focuses on the plight of slavery in South Asia, experiences of African individuals and Arabian traders during the colonial era.
slaverycolonial eraSouth Asian history
There's an Island in the Bone
2011 poetryPoetry collection.
The Letting Go (opening paragraph)
2009 novel openingThought-provoking opening paragraph of a fictional novel.
Legacy
Sri Lankan novelist and poet, winner of the prestigious Gratiaen Prize for her debut novel, acclaimed as the best literary work.
Trivia
- Won the Gratiaen Prize for her debut novel before its publication.
- Collaborated with contemporary artist Anoma Wijewardene on exhibitions like Deliverance and EarthLines.