COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan author Kanya D’Almeida has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. D’Almeida, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, was named the winner by British-Jamaican actress Dona Croll who presented the online ceremony. D’Almeida is the first Sri Lankan to win the overall prize and the second to win for the Asia region. Kanya D’Almeida is a Sri Lankan writer. The 2021 regional winners are:Africa winner Rémy Ngamije (Namibia), Asia winner Kanya D’Almeida (Sri Lanka), Canada and Europe winner Carol Farrelly (United Kingdom), Caribbean winner Roland Watson-Grant (Jamaica), and Pacific winner Katerina Gibson (Australia).

Source: The Nation June 30, 2021 15:08 UTC