2016 Gratiaen Prize winner Charulatha Abeysekera Thewarathanthri to launch winning novel

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The 2016 Gratiaen Prize winner Charulatha Abeysekera Thewarathanthri will launch her Gratiaen winning novel ‘Stories’ on Saturday, August 5 at Sooriya Village.

Educated at Visakha Vidyalaya, Charulatha obtained a civil engineering degree from the University of Moratuwa but opted to be a teacher. She taught Mathematics and Physics to London A’L students, first at the British School in Colombo before moving to S. Thomas College Mount Lavinia.

Today she is a happy homemaker and mother of four engaging in her favourite pastime- writing.

Her first mansuscript Autum Leaves was shortlised for the Gratiaen Prize in 2011.

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