{"id":189544,"date":"2018-04-06T12:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189544"},"modified":"2018-04-06T12:57:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T07:27:42","slug":"shortlist-announced-for-gratiaen-prize-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/shortlist-announced-for-gratiaen-prize-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist Announced For Gratiaen Prize 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Awarded by the Gratiaen Trust &#8211;\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>A 25-year journey with Lankan literature<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The shortlist has been announced for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gratiaen+Priz\">Gratiaen Priz<\/a>e 2017.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Gratiaen Prize is awarded each year to the best submitted creative work in English, written by a Sri Lankan writer resident in Sri Lanka.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Both published works and unpublished manuscripts are accepted as submissions to the Prize, founded by Michael Ondaatje.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Gratiaen Prize 2017 is the third to be awarded under a new partnership between the Gratiaen Trust and Sarasavi Bookshop. This year also marks the silver jubilee of the prize which has been awarded without a break for 25 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-79230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Books.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Books.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Books-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a>The shortlist announcement took place on Monday 2 April, hosted by the British Council, as this event has been since the inception of the Prize and the MARGA Institute facilitated the submission of entries to the prize, as has been the practice for many years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Each year, the Gratiaen shortlist is known to the judges alone until the evening of the announcement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Authors learn of their selection at the event, where selected passages of their submissions are read to the assembled audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The shortlisted works for the Gratiaen Prize 2017 are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\">1. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">The Life of the Poet &#8211; Jean Arasanayagam<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\">2. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">A House down Queer Street &#8211; Neshantha Harischandra<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\">3. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Names and Numbers &#8211; Chiranthi Rajapakse<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s2\">4.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">The Line of Lanka &#8211; Sunela Jayewardene<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The judges for the Gratiaen Prize 2017 are: Prof. Carmen Wickramagamage, Professor in English at the University of Peradeniya (chair); Andrew Fowler-Watt, principal of Trinity College Kandy and highly experienced educationist; and Michelle de Kretser, renowned Australian author of Sri Lankan origin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The winner of The Gratiaen Prize 2017 will be announced at a final awards ceremony, sponsored by Sarasavi Bookshop Private limited, held in May.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":79230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6738,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-events","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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