Hi, I am

Lal Medawattegedara

a Sri Lankan Writer

Lal Medawattegedara is a Sri Lankan author writing in English. He has written two novels and two short story collections. His fiction has won Sri Lanka’s foremost award for creative writing, the Gratiaen Prize once and has been short-listed for the same award twice. He is an academic with the Language Studies Department of The Open University of Sri Lanka.
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A text is a world of its own. It exists and does not exist at the same time. When writing happens, the text and the world become one. Everything disappears…like the floating dust after a short spell of rain.

– Lal M

When Ghosts Die Preamble

Playing Pillow Politics at MGK

Winner Gratiaen Prize 2012

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The​ Trouble with Old People

The Godage Manuscript Competition Winners Short Story 2024

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When Ghosts Die…

Shortlisted for Gratian Prize 2023

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The Window Cleaner’s Soul

Short-listed Gratiaen Prize 2002

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Restless Rust
(A Novel)

To be released shortly
Short-listed Gratiaen Prize 2020

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Can You Hear me Running

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March 05, 2022

Adahas Pola...celebrating the writers of Sri Lanka

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