Romesh Gunesekera
Romesh Gunesekera was born in 1954 in Sri Lanka before moving to the Philippines at age seven. Gunesekera moved to England in 1972 and studied English and philosophy at the University of Liverpool. There, he earned several accolades for his writing, including the Liverpool College Poetry Prize. Prior to the release of his short stories in an anthology titled Monkfish Moon in 1992, Gunesekera's work was published in magazines such Granta, The London Review of Books, and London Magazine.
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