Sri Lankan author wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’

Irish author Claire Keegan was an outside hope for the coveted prize, shortlisted for her book, 'Small Things Like These'.

Shehan Karunatilaka, author of 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida', who has won the Booker Prize 2022, at the winner ceremony at the Roundhouse in London. Picture: David Parry/PA Wire.

Shehan Karunatilaka has won this year’s Booker Prize for their novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

This evening, Shehan Karunatilaka was presented with the original 1969 Booker Prize trophy, which has been reinstated in memory of its creator, the beloved children’s author and illustrator Jan Pieńkowski, who died in February this year.