Rohinton Mistry
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Rohinton Mistry (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian writer.
In 2012, he was given the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Early life and education
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, to a Parsi family. Cyrus Mistry, both a playwright and writer, is his brother. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics from St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
He and his wife-to-be Freny Elavia immigrated to Canada in 1975, and the couple married shortly thereafter. He worked in a bank for a while before returning to academia at the University of Toronto, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in English and Philosophy.
Career
While attending the University of Toronto (Woodsworth College) he became the first to win two Hart House literary prizes for stories published in the Hart House Review, and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributor's Prize for 1985.
Three years later, Penguin Books Canada published his collection of 11 short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag. It was later published in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. The book consists of 11 stories set within an apartment complex in modern-day Bombay. This volume contains the oft-anthologized story, "Swimming Lessons".
His second book, the novel Such a Long Journey, was published in 1991. It won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and for the Trillium Award. It has been translated into German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Japanese. It was adapted for the 1998 film Such a Long Journey. The content of the book caused a controversy at Mumbai University in 2010 due to language used against Bal Thackeray, leader of Shiv Sena, a political party from Maharashtra, as well as some remarks about Maharashtrians. The book was prescribed for the second year Bachelor of Arts (English) in 2007–08 as an optional text, according to University sources. Later, Dr. Rajan Welukar, University of Mumbai's Vice-Chancellor (V-C) used emergency powers in the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, to withdraw the book from the syllabus.
His third book, and second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), won the second annual Giller Prize in 1995, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction in 1996. It was selected for Oprah's Book Club in November 2001. It won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker prize.
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.
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.
Awards and recognition
- 1983 – Hart House Literary Contest, "One Sunday"
- 1984 – Hart House Literary Contest, "Auspicious Occasion"
- 1985 – Annual Contributors' Prize, Canadian Fiction Magazine
- 1991 – Booker Prize, shortlist, Such a Long Journey
- 1991 – Governor General's Award, Such a Long Journey
- 1991 – Commonwealth Writers Prize, Such a Long Journey
- 1991 – W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award, Such a Long Journey
- 1991 – Trillium Award, Such a Long Journey
- 1995 – Giller Prize, A Fine Balance
- 1995 – Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, A Fine Balance
- 1996 – Commonwealth Writers Prize, A Fine Balance
- 1996 – Booker Prize, shortlist, A Fine Balance
- 2002 – Booker Prize, shortlist, Family Matters
- 2002 – James Tait Black Memorial Prize, shortlist Family Matters
- 2004 – International Dublin Literary Award, shortlist, Family Matters
- 2012 – Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- 2015- Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada
- Brampton Arts Walk of Fame, Brampton, Ontario