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Rohinton Mistry

1952 - Today

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Rohinton Mistry (born 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012. Each of his three novels was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. All 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Rohinton Mistry is the 6,439th most popular writer (up from 6,481st in 2024), the 959th most popular biography from India (down from 942nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rohinton Mistry ranks 6,439 out of 7,302. Before him are John Gribbin, Sebastian Fitzek, Bosley Crowther, Robert Elsie, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Helen Bannerman. After him are Sarah Josepha Hale, Alan Dundes, Ruth Graham, Greil Marcus, Ragnar Jónasson, and Dan Abnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rohinton Mistry ranks 654. Before him are Anastase Murekezi, Sugata Mitra, Jack Wild, Sam McMurray, Veronika Schmidt, and Terry George. After him are Stephen South, Marilu Henner, Wojciech Rudy, Mel Smith, Clemente Rojas, and John Waite.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rohinton Mistry ranks 959 out of 1,861. Before him are Zohra Sehgal (1912), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), R. K. Laxman (1921), and Mridula Sinha (1942). After him are Tariq Anwar (1945), Jadav Payeng (1963), Medha Patkar (1954), Alka Yagnik (1966), G. N. Ramachandran (1922), and Aasif Mandvi (1966).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Rohinton Mistry ranks 121. Before him are Shrilal Shukla (1925), Ruskin Bond (1934), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Vikram Seth (1952), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), and Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938). After him are Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Nambi Narayanan (1941), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), and Geetanjali Shree (1957).

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