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Small nations, big ideas
Updated On: 28 July, 2012 11:47 AM IST | | The Guide Team
Two creative minds from two island nations ufffd Sri Lanka and Reunion Island. As part of his book tour, Shehan Karunatilaka, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Awards and the DSC Prize for Asian Literature, will be in Mumbai in early August. In Chennai, Gabrielle Manglou, the extraordinarily gifted illustrator has just wrapped up a quirky children's book with Anuskha Ravishankar. The Guide caught up with both for a peek into their worlds
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Shehan Karunatilaka,
Sri Lanka
Do you think that your winning this prize is reflective of the rise and progress of literature in Sri Lanka?
I’m not sure there has been as much rise and progress as there should be. A lot more people are writing in Sri Lanka, albeit from a certain strata of society. But there are so many untold stories in Sri Lanka, that I feel more Lankans should be writing. In all three languages. Hopefully more do.
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