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| name = Anand Mahadevan<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = novelist<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n-[[Canadians|Canadian]]<br />
| period = 2000s-present<br />
| notableworks = ''The Strike''<br />
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}}<br />
'''Anand Mahadevan''' is an [[India]]n-[[Canadians|Canadian]] writer, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the [[Dayne Ogilvie Prize]] for [[LGBT]] writers in 2013.<ref name=quill>[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/06/27/c-e-gatchalian-wins-dayne-ogilive-prize/ "C.E. Gatchalian wins Dayne Ogilive Prize"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', 27 June 2014.</ref><br />
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Born and raised in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]],<ref name=ibn>[https://archive.today/20141120025555/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anand-mahadevans-the-strike-inspired-by-1987-train-siege/93889-40.html "Anand Mahadevan's The Strike inspired by 1987 train siege"]. ''[[IBN Live]]'', 8 June 2009.</ref> Mahadevan moved to the [[United States]] at age 17 to study.<ref name=ibn /> He moved to Canada in 2002,<ref name=rula>[http://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/mahadevan/ Asian Heritage in Canada: Anand Mahadevan]. [[Ryerson University]] Library and Archives.</ref> and teaches science at the [[University of Toronto Schools]] and creative writing at the [[Humber School for Writers]].<br />
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''The Strike'', his [[debut novel]] about a young Tamil man's [[gay]] sexual awakening, was published in Canada by [[TSAR Publications]] in 2006.<ref name=hindu>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/striking-out-on-his-own/article637636.ece "Striking out on his own"]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 2 July 2009.</ref> Its publication in India followed in 2009.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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His second novel, tentatively titled ''American Sufi'', is slated for future publication.<ref name=rula /><br />
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He has also been an active supporter of the campaign to strike down [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code]], which criminalized homosexuality in India.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/indias-gays-should-celebrate-but-danger-lies-ahead/article4278248/ "India's gays should celebrate, but danger lies ahead"], ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 3 July 2009.</ref><br />
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He subsequently served on the jury for the 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, selecting [[Alex Leslie]] as that year's winner.<ref>[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/06/08/alex-leslie-wins-2015-dayne-ogilvie-prize-for-lgbt-emerging-writers/ "Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', 8 June 2015.</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*''The Strike'' (2006)<br />
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