{"id":125028,"date":"2014-05-24T21:20:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=125028"},"modified":"2014-05-28T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T10:40:34","slug":"malinda-wins-2013-gratiaen-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/malinda-wins-2013-gratiaen-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Malinda Wins 2013 Gratiaen Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor in Chief of &#8216;The Nation&#8217; Newspaper Malinda Seneviratne has won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gratiaen+Prize&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gratiaen Prize &#8211; 2013<\/span><\/a> for creative writing in English for his collection of poetry &#8216;Edges&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This year the shortlist was made up exclusively of poetry and the shortlisted works for the Gratiaen Prize 2013 are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i>This Nothingness<\/i>, a collection of poetry, in manuscript form, by Inosha Ijaz<\/li>\n<li><i>A Patchwork Soul<\/i>, also poetry, in manuscript form, by Chamali Kariyawasam<\/li>\n<li><i>Edges<\/i>, ar collection of poems, published by Fast Publishers, by Malinda Seneviratne<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The judging panel for the Gratiaen Prize 2013 are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Malinda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-122903\" alt=\"Malinda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Malinda-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Malinda-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Malinda.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tissa Devendra (Chair) originally a student of literature, has had a distinguished career in the Public Service, working around Sri Lanka.\u00a0 After retirement he has served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission and the Salaries Commission.\u00a0 He is the author of\u00a0<i>Tales from the Provinces<\/i>,\u00a0<i>On Horseshoe Street<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Memoirs of a Pen Pusher<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Quest for Shangri La<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Dr Shavrika Damunupola Amarasekera is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Colombo. 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