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'''Rohinton Mistry''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} is an [[India]]n-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the [[Neustadt International Prize for Literature]] in 2012. | '''Rohinton Mistry''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 1952) is an [[India]]n-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the [[Neustadt International Prize for Literature]] in 2012. Each of his first three novels were [[List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize|shortlisted]] for the [[Booker Prize]]. His novels to date have been set in India, told from the perspective of [[Parsis]], and explore themes of family life, poverty, discrimination, and the corrupting influence of society.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tom|date=2000|title=Mistry, Rohinton|url=https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/11/mistry-rohinton/|url-status=live|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=Postcolonial Studies @ Emory}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Rohinton Mistry was born in [[Bombay]], India, to a [[Parsi]] family.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Nidhi|date=January 2014|title=The Making of the Novelist: Rohinton Mistry|url=http://www.mitpublications.org/yellow_images/1387359850_logo_3%20The%20Making%20of%20the%20Novelist%20Rohinton%20Mistry.pdf|journal=MIT International Journal of English Language & Literature|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1}}</ref> His brother is the playwright and author [[Cyrus Mistry (writer)|Cyrus Mistry]]. He earned a BA in Mathematics and Economics from [[St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Xavier's College alumni write open letter opposing invitation to Aditya Thackeray to attend college event|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/aditya-thackeray-st-xaviers-college-mumbai-alumni-shiv-sena-xaviers-college-invitation-150-years-anniversary-celebrations-rohinton-mistry-such-a-long/294150|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> | Rohinton Mistry was born in [[Bombay]], India, to a [[Parsi]] family.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Nidhi|date=January 2014|title=The Making of the Novelist: Rohinton Mistry|url=http://www.mitpublications.org/yellow_images/1387359850_logo_3%20The%20Making%20of%20the%20Novelist%20Rohinton%20Mistry.pdf|journal=MIT International Journal of English Language & Literature|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1}}</ref> His brother is the playwright and author [[Cyrus Mistry (writer)|Cyrus Mistry]]. He earned a BA in Mathematics and Economics from [[St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Xavier's College alumni write open letter opposing invitation to Aditya Thackeray to attend college event|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/aditya-thackeray-st-xaviers-college-mumbai-alumni-shiv-sena-xaviers-college-invitation-150-years-anniversary-celebrations-rohinton-mistry-such-a-long/294150|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> | ||
He emigrated to Canada with his wife-to-be Freny Elavia in 1975 and they married shortly afterwards.<ref>Angela Lambert, "Touched with fire" The Guardian 27 April 2002 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/27/fiction.books</ref> He worked in a bank for a while, before returning to academia at the [[University of Toronto]] where he obtained a BA in English and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |title=The Man Booker Prize |publisher=The Man Booker Prize |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124175338/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/rohinton-mistry|title=Rohinton Mistry - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> | He emigrated to Canada with his wife-to-be Freny Elavia in 1975 and they married shortly afterwards.<ref>Angela Lambert, "Touched with fire" The Guardian 27 April 2002 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/27/fiction.books</ref> He worked in a bank for a while, before returning to academia at the [[University of Toronto]] where he obtained a BA in English and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |title=The Man Booker Prize |publisher=The Man Booker Prize |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124175338/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/rohinton-mistry|title=Rohinton Mistry - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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While attending the [[University of Toronto]] (Woodsworth College) he became the first to win two [[Hart House (University of Toronto)|Hart House]] literary prizes for stories published in the ''[[Hart House Review]]'', and ''Canadian Fiction Magazine''{{'}}s annual Contributor's Prize for 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grandy|first=Karen|date=July 7, 2015|title=Rohinton Mistry {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rohinton-mistry|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> | While attending the [[University of Toronto]] (Woodsworth College) he became the first to win two [[Hart House (University of Toronto)|Hart House]] literary prizes for stories published in the ''[[Hart House Review]]'', and ''Canadian Fiction Magazine''{{'}}s annual Contributor's Prize for 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grandy|first=Karen|date=July 7, 2015|title=Rohinton Mistry {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rohinton-mistry|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> | ||
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''[[Family Matters (novel)|Family Matters]]'' (2002) is a consideration of the difficulties that come with ageing, to which topic Mistry returned in 2008 with the short fiction ''The Scream'' (published as a separate volume, in support of World Literacy of Canada, with illustrations by [[Tony Urquhart]]). Mistry's literary papers are housed at the Clara Thomas Archives at [[York University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canadian literary papers {{!}} Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/archives/finding-aids/canadian-literary-papers_intro/|access-date=2021-05-19|language=en-US}}</ref> | ''[[Family Matters (novel)|Family Matters]]'' (2002) is a consideration of the difficulties that come with ageing, to which topic Mistry returned in 2008 with the short fiction ''The Scream'' (published as a separate volume, in support of World Literacy of Canada, with illustrations by [[Tony Urquhart]]). Mistry's literary papers are housed at the Clara Thomas Archives at [[York University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canadian literary papers {{!}} Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections|url=https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/archives/finding-aids/canadian-literary-papers_intro/|access-date=2021-05-19|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
In 2002, Mistry cancelled his United States book tour for his novel ''Family Matters'' after he and his wife were targeted by security agents at every airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Author-is-singled-out-but-not-in-a-good-way-2710661.php|title=Author is singled out, but not in a good way|website=SFGate|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2392847.stm|title=Author cancels US tour over 'profiling'|date=3 November 2002|newspaper=BBC|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> | In 2002, Mistry cancelled his United States book tour for his novel ''Family Matters'' after he and his wife were targeted by security agents at every airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Author-is-singled-out-but-not-in-a-good-way-2710661.php|title=Author is singled out, but not in a good way|website=SFGate|date=19 December 2002|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2392847.stm|title=Author cancels US tour over 'profiling'|date=3 November 2002|newspaper=BBC|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
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*''Searching for Stevenson'' (1994) | *''Searching for Stevenson'' (1994) | ||
*''The Scream'' (2006) | *''The Scream'' (2006) | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of Canadian writers]] | |||
* [[List of Indian writers]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Neustadt International Prize for Literature}} | {{Neustadt International Prize for Literature}} | ||
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[[Category:Writers from Gujarat]] | [[Category:Writers from Gujarat]] | ||
[[Category:Canadian people of Parsi descent]] | [[Category:Canadian people of Parsi descent]] | ||
[[Category:Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners]] | |||