Gratiaen Prize

The Gratiaen Prize is an annual literary prize for best work of literary writing in English by a resident Sri Lankan. It was founded in 1992 by the Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje with the money he received as joint-winner of the Booker Prize for his novel The English Patient.^[1] The prize is named after Michael Ondaatje's mother, Doris Gratiaen.

Winners

2009

• Prashani Rambukwella, Mythil's Secret

2008

• Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

2007

• Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, Nothing Prepares You

2006

• Senaka Abeyratne, 3 Star K
• Isankya Kodittuwakku, The Banana Tree Crisis

2005

• Delon Weerasinghe, Thicker Than Blood

2004

• Jagath Kumarasinghe, Kider Chetty Street

2003

• Nihal De Silva, Road from Elephant Pass

2002

• Vijita Fernando, Out of the Darkness

2001

• Elmo Jayawardene, Sam’s Story
• Sumathi Sivamohan, In the Shadow of the Gun/The Wicked Witch

2000

• Ruwanthi De Chickera, Middle of Silence

1999

• Neil Fernandopulle, Shrapnel
• Viskesa Chandrasekaram, Forbidden Area

1998

• Jeanne Thwaites, It’s a Sunny Day on the Moon

1997

• Gamini Akmeemana, The Mirage

1996

• Tissa Abeysekera, Bringing Tony Home

1995

• Sybil Wettasinghe, The Child in Me
• Rajiva Wijesingha, Servants

1994

• Punyakante Wijenaike, Amulet

1993

• Carl Muller, The Jam Fruit Tree
• Lalitha Withanachchi, Wind Blows Over the Hills

References