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作　　者：杨扬(译) 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《英语文摘》2022年第12期15-15,共1页English Digest

摘　　要：周一(10月17日),作家谢汉·卡鲁纳蒂拉卡凭借小说《马里·阿尔梅达的七个月亮》获得享有盛名的布克奖。这是一部讽刺性的“亡灵黑色小说”,故事发生在斯里兰卡残酷的内战期间。47岁的谢汉·卡鲁纳蒂拉卡还写过新闻报道、少儿读物、电影剧本和摇滚歌曲,是继1992年迈克尔·翁达杰凭借《英国病人》获得布克奖之后第二位荣膺该奖的斯里兰卡裔作家。评委们一致选出的《马里·阿尔梅达的七个月亮》讲述的是一位被谋杀的战地摄影师调查自己的死亡,并试图保住自己人生遗产的黑色幽默故事。Writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for"The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,"a satirical"afterlife noir"set during Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war.The 47-year-old,who has also written journalism,children’s books,screenplays and rock songs,is the second Sri Lanka-born Booker Prize winner,after Michael Ondaatje,who took the trophy in 1992 for"The English Patient."The judges’unanimous choice,"The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida"is the darkly humorous story about a murdered warphotographer investigating his death and trying to ensure his life’s legacy.

关 键 词：迈克尔·翁达杰 布克奖 讽刺性 黑色幽默 黑色小说 少儿读物 《英国病人》 新闻报道 

分 类 号：I20[文学—中国文学]