Shirani Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan poet, playwright and fiction writer. Shirani has been involved in some form of writing for the past twenty years, from writing stories and reporting as a journalist to working in research. She is presently involved in creative writing.
Shirani was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and had her primary and secondary education at Musaeus College, a prestigious private girls’ school in Colombo. Shirani read for an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and has a Masters in International Relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.
She worked at the Sunday Times and the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka and in International Organizations including the World Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat.
Shirani first started writing in the early 1990s after she completed studies at the University of Kelaniya. Her first works were verses and are included in a an unpublished collection. A few of the poems are posted on wordpress, triond and writeclique.
Breaking News a collection of short stories was published in April 2011 by Vijitha Yapa Publications. It was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize 2010 in MS. Also available at Amazon.
Shirani’s poetry and short stories have appeared in The Smoking Poet, New Verse News, The Occupy Poetry Project, Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology, Every Child Is Entitled to Innocence and World Healing World Peace and has been featured on the radio program Verses in Motion.
Shirani was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and had her primary and secondary education at Musaeus College, a prestigious private girls’ school in Colombo. Shirani read for an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and has a Masters in International Relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.
She worked at the Sunday Times and the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka and in International Organizations including the World Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat.
Shirani first started writing in the early 1990s after she completed studies at the University of Kelaniya. Her first works were verses and are included in a an unpublished collection. A few of the poems are posted on wordpress, triond and writeclique.
Breaking News a collection of short stories was published in April 2011 by Vijitha Yapa Publications. It was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize 2010 in MS. Also available at Amazon.
Shirani’s poetry and short stories have appeared in The Smoking Poet, New Verse News, The Occupy Poetry Project, Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology, Every Child Is Entitled to Innocence and World Healing World Peace and has been featured on the radio program Verses in Motion.