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Romesh Gunesekera FRSL (born 1954) is a Sri Lankan-born British author,〔(About Romesh Gunasekera )〕 who was a finalist in the Man Booker Prize for his novel ''Reef'' in 1994.〔("Romesh Gunesekera" ), The Man Booker Prize〕 He is currently the Chair of the Judges of Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition for 2015.〔()〕 ==Life and work== Born in Colombo in 1954, Romesh Gunesekera grew up in Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where his father was a founder of the Asian Development Bank, and moved to England in 1971 and currently living in London. His first book, ''Monkfish Moon'', a collection of short stories reflecting the ethnic and political tensions that have threatened Sri Lanka since independence in 1948, was published in 1992, and was shortlisted for several prizes.〔(Biography ) at Romesh Gunesekera website.〕 His 1994 novel ''Reef'' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Gunesekera lives in London, but travels widely for festivals, workshops and British Council tours. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature.〔(The website devoted to Contemporary writers )〕 He is currently one of the writers-in-residence for the charity First Story.〔(First Story )〕 He also has a short story related to the theme of animal poaching. He was a judge for a number of literary prizes, such as the Caine Prize for African Writing,〔("Judges 2005" ), The Caine Prize.〕 the David Cohen Prize for Literature, the Forward Prize for Poetry〔("Forward Judges" ), Forward Arts Foundation.〕 and most recently the ''Granta'' 2013 list of the Best of Young British Novelists.〔("Granta and British Council Announce ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ Partnership" ), ''Granta''.〕 He Chaired the board of Judges of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition. He has been a Guest Director at the Cheltenham Festival, an Associate Tutor at Goldsmiths College and on the Board of the Arvon Foundation. For four years, until 2013, he was on the Council of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with two daughters.〔Bunbury, Stephanie (2 September 2006). "Finding meaning in a long gone past", ''The Age'', Insight, p. 10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romesh Gunesekera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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