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Shirani Rajapakse

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Shirani Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan poet and short story writer.

She is the author of three collections of short stories and three books of poetry.
Short Stories
"Breaking News" (2011, 2018) -shortlisted for the 2010 "Gratiaen Award",
"I Exist. Therefore I Am" (2018) – winner of the 2019 "State Literary Awards" and shortlisted for the 2019 "Rubery Book Awards", and,
"Gods, Nukes and a Whole Lot of Nonsense" (2021) winner of the 2022 "State Literary Awards.

Poetry.
"Chant of a Million Women" (2017) won the 2018 "Kindle Book Awards", was chosen as an 'Official Selection' in the 2018 "New Apple Summer eBook Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing" and received an Honorable Mention in the 2018 "Readers’ Favorite Awards".
"Fallen Leaves" was pu
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Writing in a Woman’s Voice – March 11, 2023

“In a Room Up in the Sky”, another poem from Samsara is featured today in Writing in a Woman’s Voice.

Writing In A Woman’s Voice

Saturday, 11 March 2023

In a Room Up in the Sky

by Shirani Rajapakse

A plane flew into her face.
It happened many years ago,
but she still remembers
like it was last week. The plane
rose in the air
and took a turn towards
the building she was in. Then it dived in.

She was dr

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Samsara by Shirani Rajapakse
"In Sanskrit the word ‘Samsara’ means ‘world’, it also represents the concept of the cycle of death and rebirth, a fundamental belief of Hinduism. In Buddhism, ‘Samsara’ means ‘suffering’. Like these meanings, Shirani Rajapakse’s poems also give us so" Read more of this review »
Samsara by Shirani Rajapakse
"A poem has few words, but it has a big heart. Poems are not only emotional in content but powerful in their tone. They speak those things that we humans tend not to even think about.

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"These poems are relatable, transforming everyday observances into philosophical depth, touching in a quiet way that is at once beautiful in its language and challenging in its meaning. Some poems made me laugh out loud, some brought me close to tears" Read more of this review »
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