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Winners of 30th Gratiaen prize and H.A.I. Goonetileke prize for translation announced 2022 Gratiaen winners with Orlando Edwards, Country Director, British Council. Prof. Neloufer de Mel, Chair, The Gratiaen Trust, Manel Eriyagama (Winner H.A.I. Goonetileke Prize), Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (Joint Winner Gratiaen Prize), Chiranthi Rajapakse (Joint Winner Gratiaen Prize) Carmeline Jayasuriya from the John Keells Foundation, and the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton Source:Island The joint winners of the Gratiaen Prize 2022 are Chiranthi Rajapakse for her short story collection Keeping Time and Other Stories, and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne for his novel The Wretched and The Damned. Chiranthi Rajapakse was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize 2017 for her short story collection Names and Numbers and is a writer, lawyer and developmental professional, while Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is a science fiction writer, activist and data scientist. The winners were announced at an event held at Westminster House, Colombo, the official residence of the British High Commissioner, on ...