Sonali Deraniyagala

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Sonali Deraniyagala is a Sri Lankan-born economist and memoirist best known for her book "Wave," which recounts surviving the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed her family.

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instanceOf book
economist
memoirist
person
author Sonali Deraniyagala NERFINISHED
authorOf Wave NERFINISHED
child Mallika Lissenburgh NERFINISHED
Vikram Lissenburgh NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Oxford
employer Columbia University
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork development economics
disaster studies
economics
memoir writing
genre memoir
memoir
language English
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami NERFINISHED
bereavement
grief
movement contemporary literature
name Sonali Deraniyagala NERFINISHED
notableEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami NERFINISHED
notableFor personal account of the loss of her husband, children, and parents in the 2004 tsunami
surviving the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
writing about grief and loss
notableWork Wave NERFINISHED
occupation academic
economist
writer
placeOfBirth Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
positionHeld academic in development studies
lecturer in economics
publicationDateOfWork 2013
relative Loku Bandara Deraniyagala NERFINISHED
residence United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
spouse Steve Lissenburgh NERFINISHED
subjectOf interviews on trauma and recovery
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

New York City

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