Gratiaen Prize winner 2015

The winner of the Gratiaen Prize for 2015 is Thiyagaraja Arasanayagam for his unpublished collection of poetry ‘White Lanterns – Vesak 2011’. He is a retired lecturer in English of the University of Peradeniya.

Captain Elmo Jayawardena, a previous Gratien winner, chaired the three-member panel of judges which included Tracy Holsinger and Dinali Devendra.