Ramya Jirasinghe writes poetry, plays, non-fiction, fiction and features. She was joint runner-up to the UK’s Guardian Orange First Words Prize of 2009 and TimesOnline UK selected her work for its 2009 collection of contemporary war poetry. Ramya was longlisted for the Fish Poetry Prize of Ireland in 2011. Her book of poems, There’s an Island in the Bone, won the State Literary Joint-Award in 2011.

Her second collection of poems, Love Poems from a Frangipani Garden, was published in the UK by Mica Press in 2018. She holds a Masters from SOAS, University of London and a PhD from the University of Colombo. Her poetic play, Water for Kings, was staged by Mind Adventures Theatre Company in 2024. Her debut novel, Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake, won the Gratiaen Prize in 2024.

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• There’s an Island in the Bone (2012)
• Love Poems from a Frangipani Garden (2018)
• Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake (2024)