Why Is He Famous?
Rohinton Mistry is a renowned novelist and author. Rohinton was born in
India and presently settled in Canada. "One Sunday" was
Mistry's first short story and won him the first prize in the Canadian
Hart House Literary Contest. "Tales from Firozsha Baag" was
Mistry's short story collection and was published for the first time in
Canada in the year 1987. Rohinton Mistry's style of writing is distinct
and has made a mark for itself. His notable novels are "Such a long
journey", "A Fine Balance" (set during the State of
Emergency in India in the 1970s), and "Family Matters". Such a
Long Journey and A Fine Balance were both short listed for the Booker
Prize for Fiction, and Family Matters was short listed for the 2002 Man
Booker Prize for Fiction.
Background
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India, on 3 July, 1952, in a Parsi
family. Rohinton had his undergraduate degree in mathematics and
economics at the Bombay University. He moved to Canada in the year 1975.
In Canada (Toronto), Mistry worked as clerk in a bank. But at the same
time he studied English and Philosophy part time at the Toronto
University. It was while he was a university student in Canada that
Rohinton began to write and publish fiction.
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