Thirangie Jayatilake

Thirangie Jayatilake is a Sri Lankan writer and editor based in Naarm. She writes poetry, fiction and feature articles. Written in a narrative prose poetry style, her poetry addresses social politics, nostalgia, place and memory. Her fiction typically includes young female protagonists grappling with the themes of gender, race, ethnicity, identity and growing up. Thirangie has been published in Meanjin, Airport Road, Farrago Magazine, Myraid Magazine, Postscript Magazine, The Gazelle, and Xenozine. She has read her work at the National Young Writers Festival and the Emerging Writers Festival. Thirangie is currently a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow.

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