His debut novel The Story of a Brief Marriage, set in the backdrop of the civil war.
Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel China Room, alongside Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers.
Judges Kamila Shamsie, Rohini Mohan and Margaret Mascarenhas will announce the winner in November.