Rohinton Mistry

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author novelist person short story writer

Rohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian author renowned for his richly detailed novels about Parsi life and modern India, including the acclaimed "A Fine Balance."

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Rohinton Mistry canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Writers Prize

Giller Prize ⓘ
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1952-07-03 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bombay ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ
emigratedTo Canada ⓘ
emigrationYear 1975 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Parsis ⓘ
surface form: Parsi
familyName Mistry ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
givenName Rohinton ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movedTo Canada ⓘ
name Rohinton Mistry self-link ⓘ
nationality Indian-born Canadian ⓘ
nominatedFor Booker Prize ⓘ
notableWork A Fine Balance ⓘ
Family Matters ⓘ
Such a Long Journey ⓘ
Tales from Firozsha Baag ⓘ
The Scream ⓘ
novel A Fine Balance ⓘ
Family Matters ⓘ
Such a Long Journey ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
occupationBeforeWriting bank clerk ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

India ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
residence Toronto ⓘ
shortStoryCollection Tales from Firozsha Baag ⓘ
spouse Freny Elavia ⓘ
workFocusesOn Indian Emergency (1975–1977) ⓘ
surface form: Indian Emergency period

Parsi community ⓘ
modern India ⓘ
writingLanguage English ⓘ

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Olof Palme Prize → hasAwarded → Rohinton Mistry ⓘ
McClelland and Stewart → notableAuthorPublished → Rohinton Mistry ⓘ
Commonwealth Writers' Prize → notableWinner → Rohinton Mistry ⓘ
Rohinton Mistry → name → Rohinton Mistry self-link ⓘ
A Fine Balance → author → Rohinton Mistry ⓘ