Background
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. Then he moved to England in 1971 and currently lives in London.
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1993
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1997
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1998
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2008
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2013
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2014
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2015
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. Then he moved to England in 1971 and currently lives in London.
In 1976 Romesh received Bachelor of Arts (with honors) at the University of Liverpool.
Romesh Gunesekera developes his career as a novelist and short-story writer. Gunesekera travels widely for festivals, workshops and British Council tours. He also works as a member of the Advisory Board of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature. He is currently one of the writers-in-residence for the charity First Story.
Romesh was a judge for numerous literary prizes, such as the Caine Prize for African Writing, the David Cohen Prize for Literature, the Forward Prize for Poetry and most recently the Granta 2013 list of the Best of Young British Novelists. He is currently the Chair of the Judges of Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition for 2015.
Romesh 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.
Romesh is married and has two daughters.
