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Shirani Rajapakse

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in Colombo , Sri Lanka

Website

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Poetry, Fiction

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Shirani Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan poet and author. She won the "Cha 'Betrayal' Poetry Contest" 2013 and was a finalist in the "Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards" 2013.

She is the author of two collections of short stories, "Breaking News" (2011, 2018) -shortlisted for the 2010 "Gratiaen Award" and "I Exist. Therefore I Am" (2018) – winner of the 2019 "State Literary Award" and shortlisted for the 2019 "Rubery Book Awards".

Her debut poetry collection "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".

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	Chant of a Million Women 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Exist. Therefore I Am 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking News really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallen Leaves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World by James Thomas (Editor), Robert Shapard (Editor) , Christopher Merrill (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireflies & Fairy Dust: A Fantasy Anthology by Joe Euclide (Goodreads Author), Amanda Linsmeier (Goodreads Author) , Jamie McLachlan (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song Of Sahel by Niamh Clune (Goodreads Author) (Foreword & Editor), Shirani Rajapakse (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Sue Lobo (Contributor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Basso Profundo, March 22, 2020.

The first review of Fallen Leaves, is by Luke Sherwood and is at Basso Profundo. Go here for the link or read it below.

March 22, 2020

“Fallen Leaves” by Shirani Rajapakse

By Luke Sherwood

In Shirani Rajapakse, the small and long-suffering island of Sri Lanka has its voice of reason, its staunch advocate for the local people shredded in the maw of bloody insurrection. Rajapakse, award-winning

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Shirani liked Suzanna Anderson's review of I Exist. Therefore I Am: "Rajapakse has traveled to India often, and these stories “…were written at two stages of my life and represents the eight years I spent in India, working and travelling to cities and also some of the remote places where I encountered many instances o" Read more of this review »
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