Chant of a Million Women - Paperback

by Shirani Rajapakse (Author)

- Winner, 2018 Kindle Book Awards. - Honorable Mention, 2018 Readers' Favorite Awards. - "Official Selection", 2018 New Apple Summer eBook Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing. Rajapakse explores identity, values and women's role in society through the poems in Chant of a Million Women. She also looks at the concepts of beauty and the standards imposed on women to conform. Some of the poems are hard hitting and take on subjects that are uncomfortable to talk about like rape, female gender mutilation, abuse and male dominance. She talks about power and the quiet force that keeps half the world moving even when there is no hope.

Author Biography

Shirani Rajapakse is an internationally published, award winning poet and short story writer. She won the Cha "Betrayal" Poetry Contest 2013 and was a finalist in the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards 2013. Her collection of short stories "Breaking News" (Vijitha Yapa 2011) was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Award. Her critically acclaimed poetry collection "Chant of a Million Women" (self published 2017) is a Finalist in the 2018 Kindle Book Awards. It received an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Readers' Favorite Awards and was chosen as an "Official Selection" in the 2018 New Apple Summer eBook Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing. "I Exist. Therefore I Am" is her latest collection of short stories (October 2018). Rajapakse's work appears in many literary journals and anthologies around the world. Rajapakse read for a BA in English Literature from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka and has a MA in International Relations from JNU, India. Connect with her on social media. Follow her on facebook.com/shiranirajapakseauthor/, twitter.com/shiraniraj, linkedin.com/in/shiranirajapaks, pinterest.com/shiraniraj/, instagram.com/shiranirajapakse/ and visit her site at shiranirajapakse.wordpress.com