Shehan Karunatilaka wins the Booker Prize 2022 for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ 

This is such an honor to the entire nation of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ... Thank you Shehan 🙏

Whar I don't really understand is why they are interrupting his speech all the time. He is the winner, give him all the time he wants!

as a 15 year old gay reading this book, with a dad who was in the war- i am just, i have no words, THANK YOUUUU shehan karunatilaka, i know i wasn't born early enough to understand the war, but this is just amazing

So finally we've the second Sri Lankan author to win the prize 🏆 congratulations sir 🎉

As a sri lankan my dream is to follow his footsteps. I know im still young and I know I don't even know about him that much... but my dream is to be like Shehan karunatilaka sir. Yo win this award just like him

What a ray of sunshine during this gloomy storm we Sri Lankans currently passing! A new era of Srilankan literature ❤️ congratulations Shehan, as a reader i cant wait to get my hands on this!!

Every year sri lankan English literature is expanding with more new writers. Last year we had Anouk Arudpragasam a Sri Lankan in the shortlist for the Booker Prize. This year we have a winner! And Onddatje was recently nominated for the Booker for the second time with his novel Warlight and Romesh gunasekara was shortlisted for Reef many years ago. And of course it goes without saying the prestige Ondaatje's The English Pateint brought to SL English literature. And we will have more faces and more victories, no doubt!

So well deserved! Congratulations to the author, editors, publishers and everyone involved.

I read this while it was still Chats with the Dead. I remember wondering why this hasn’t won a prize yet. A year later .. it did! 🔥🔥

Congratulations Shehan Karunatilaka. Look forward to reading the book. The last part of the acceptance speech was amazing. Thank you for boosting the spirit of Sri Lankans and speaking in both languages. It was a pity the MC kept interrupting which maybe due to running out of time but still was rude and disturbed an important moment.

Very Proud Of U Sir, Im not usually use this word `sir´ for every person, (specially not for currupted Politicians) Sir U Deserved this becouse you r a worthy person for country and our society, you make us proud and our country proud! Love From Motherland 🇱🇰💜❤️❤️❤️

So proud for my country

The speech made me so very emotional. Yeah I havent read your book sir but I hope, sincerely hope that one day your story becomes a fantasy (as you wished). We would smile in a country where corruption is unheard of. Thanks for using Sinhala. ජයවේවා! You made us proud.

CONGRATULATIONS!! Proud of you wholeheartedly! You made us proud as well! ❤. Glory to Sri Lanka!! Wishing you all the very best and waiting to see more and more outcomes like this from you.

Thank you so much for making all Sri Lankan' s proud at this gloomy arena.BRAVO .🇱🇰

Gosh I couldn’t be more proud as a Sri Lankan. I really really hope that we’d get the chance to read this book in Sri Lanka.

Thank you Mr Karunatilleke for making Sri Lanka shine in the world arena. Your speech is very inspiring. It is my wish that every Sri Lankan should read this book. And thank you, for mentioning Richard de Zoysa. We should never forget such dedicated journalists. Your speech really united the many races in Sri Lanka. Yes, that's the need of the hour for Sri Lanka. Thank you.

Wow........brilliant achievement. This makes me extremely proud to be a Sri Lankan. This is such an honour to Sri Lanka, and to Sri Lankan English writers.

Congratulations Mr. Karunatilaka! What a read this was ... the style of language used is so very memorable! Bravo!

Well done Shehan.. Congratulations! So proud of you as a Sri Lankan. Also thank you so much for talking of the critical situation now facing in Sri Lanka , 🙏🏻even briefly.

විශිෂ්ඨයි, බුකර් සම්මානයක් ශ්‍රි ලාංකිකයෙකුට. We are proud of you. Please let the srilankans to read it by Sinhala and Tamil translations.

Proud moment as a Sri Lankan!!! This is a great achievement ☺️☺️☺️

Congratulations🎊️ you are very proud to My country 🇱🇰

Congratulations🎉🎉🎉 Mr.Shehan For raising the name of the country to the highest🙂❤

As an avid bookworm, i couldn't be more happier.many congratulations and hope it'll be available soon in SL.

Congratulations Shehan ! You just showed all of us here in Sri 🇱🇰 anything is possible. So to all those nay sayers that say change cannot be, YOU sir are living proof that we CAN do this. Jaya weva.

Wonderful speech, so heartwarming ! Nandri to you for bringing Sri Lanka some pride in its darkest hour!

Absolutely, this is a great honour to SL , Congratulations Shehan, well wishes to write more wonderful things in future

I absolutely loved this book and hope it will be translated into German soon! Great winner! ❤❤❤

So happy for my Motherland SriLanka !

My congratulations Shehan, and your team, I am proud of you, inspiring.. transcend, courage.. I can relate and resonate... well to your thought process, 👍👍👍👍👍❤️🙂🇦🇴

We're so Proud of You! 🇱🇰🇱🇰

What a legend . Thank you for taking our pain and sorrows to the world and showing what a corrupted regime we have back in our island . 😊

Well done Mr.Shehan. All the very best. And loved your acceptance speech.

❤️Brilliant speech and congratulations!

We are soo proud fo you Mr.Shehan Karunathilaka congratulations for this unforgettable moment ... god Bless you ... 🙏🙏🙏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️💐💐💐😍😍😍

Congratulations ..Proud to entire nation & reconciliation

Congratulations 🎉🎉 it’s a great honor to our country…❤

Congratulations 👏🏽👏🏽 great work to the entire group. So proud of you Govind Dhar 👍🏽

Wonderful ideas and disclosures of the author on Sri Lankan greedy politicians

Congratulations Shehan! as Sri Lankan's WE ARE PROUD of you! 💙💙

Congratulations Shehan and we’ll deserved🎉

Congratulations!!! Super May the hope behind your words be a reality in our beautiful land one day

Congratulations! So proud of you ❤️🇱🇰

Congratulations Sir! A monumental achievement.

congratulations shehan and thankyou for making srilanka proud....

Congratulations Shehan !!! ❤️.. We are very proud of you

Congratulations Shehan,, Thanks for keeping Sri Lanka up in the global audience...

Congratulations honour to this country.

Congratulations, Mr. Writer ❤️ Mesmerized by your words and style... 🌸

We so proud you sir❤

Heartly congratualation. That time I was in Sri Lanka with my husband in Royal Nepal Airlines in Galle Road and we have an annex close to Hind Mahasagar , 10 Kollupitiya Mrs.Jayasundera's. home.Yes hope i am eager to read very soon.

I hope Sri Lanka will be okay soon. I believe your country will have more prizes in the future. Peace!

Wow.. proud of you shehan 🇱🇰

Finally a deserved person got it ! It was brewing, anticipation to many since 2010 and now a reality. A great achievement for a Sri Lankan, least to say the second. Sad, the mother tongue speaking Sri Lankan media is nowhere and wonder they know him or the prestigious accolade.

This book is amazing. I wished they didn't have to cut his speech short.

A well deserved win!

Thank you Shehan 😊❤️🙏 for making us happy

Wow! Congratulations Shehan Karunathilleke!! 🎉🤩❤💐

As a Sri Lankan,We are so proud of you❤🔥!!!

So proud of you 👏 ♥️ 🇱🇰

Really proud of you sir as Sri Lankans 🙏

Congratulations 👏👏🎉🎉..He is one of us... 👏..bravo..🍾🥂

Proud about u Shehan, love from Sri lanka 🙏😍

Congratulations 💐💐 Mr.Karunatilaka . Will try to read.

Thank you Shehan. Congratulations !!

Goosebumps! Thank you!

Congratulations Mr. Shehan ❤️🔥

Who the hell is that RUDE woman in the red jacket? Shehan is the winner and he should get time to speak without being interrupted! Terrible!

congratulations ❤️🇱🇰

Well done shehan sir...👏👏 yes I agree with you..we can win T20 world cup..☝️ Respect and congratulations for you..🙏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰❤️

Congratulation and thanks Shehan 🎉

Congratulations

Congratulations to you Karunatilake jee !!!...

Congratulations.

Well done sir. Love from SL🇱🇰🇱🇰

Congrats. Cheers to the author and Sri Lankans!!!

I tuned in late but seeing this man interrupted during his speech was upsetting. Having listened to the continuous droning of the judge and chairperson (?) with the announcement of the shortlist, I’m shocked that the WINNER of the prize was not allotted the time he needed to complete his acceptance speech. Shameful.

Congratulations 🇱🇰

Congratulations Mr Karunatilake.Jayawewa.Good luck and all the best.

Congratulations Shehan Karunatilaka! Shehan Karunatilaka said as he accepted his prize: "My hope is that in the not too distant future... Sri Lanka has understood that these ideas of corruption, race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work” Sri-Lanka is bankrupt because of endemic corruption, cronyism, race-baiting and violence! There have been numerous race riots (against Tamils and Muslims) in Sri-Lanka, for example in 1915, 1958, 1977, 1981, 1983 and 2019. It is worth noting that Ranil Wickremesinghe (the current president) served as a senior minister in several governments since 1977. The race riots of 1977, 1981 and 1983 were organized by JR Jayawardena’s government. Ranil Wickremesinghe is a nephew of JR Jayawardena! In 1981, Jaffna library was burned down. The goons were led by Cyril Mathew, who was a minister in Jayawardena’s government. Cyril Mathew was widely regarded as one of the key ministers responsible for instigating the anti-Tamil pogrom of July 1983, which subsequently resulted in the outbreak of a 26-year civil war. In 2004, the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga gave a public apology to Tamils for Black July (the 1983 riots), likening it to Nazism. Recently, Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private house was burned down in Colombo. He complained that more than 2,500 books were destroyed! What goes around comes around!

Congratulations shehan karudatilak for booker award 2022

I am not speak any more .thank you shehan thank you👌✌👍 We proud of you

Congratulations Shehan🙏🙏🙏proud of u...

My friend …. I am so proud sooo happy for you

Wow.. Proud moment

Historic moment❤❤❤❤

Great ! congratulations!! shehan sir

GRATE, GRATE, WE PROUDLY CELEBRATION. THANK YOU SIR

Shehan is soo Sri Lankan.....🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

Well done Shehan - proud of you - yes it will not work - Thank you Sthuthi Nandri. BTW, why that lady in red jacket is interrupting again and again - please, he came all the way from Sri Lanka and couldn't say what he wanted to say.

Congratulations Shehan

Congratulations to you.... proud of you ❤

සුබ පැතුම්. ආඩම්බරයි ශෙහාන්. තෙරුවන් සරණයි 🙏🏽

We were in a closed glass door after road in front on 25th.July 1983.

Congratulations sir Really proud of you

Congratulations!

Congratulations . So proud of you

I couldn't be more proud to be Sri Lankan, today.

Excellent achivement...........❤❤❤❤❤