Rajith Savanadasa (Australia) was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and now lives in Melbourne. He was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist in 2017 for his debut novel, Ruins, which was also shortlisted for the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal and the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Rajith is currently a resident writer at The Malthouse Theatre where he’s in the process of writing his first play, a piece of documentary theatre.

Exchanges Rajith Savanadasa has participated in:

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Indonesia 2018

In 2018 WrICE travelled to Indonesia with a group of writers from the region to take part in a collaborative residency in Yogyakarta, before appearing at a public festival in Jakarta, The Writers’ Series, with partner The Jakarta Post Writing Center, led by WrICE...