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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 first three novels was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rohinton Mistry is the 6,431st most popular writer (up from 6,481st in 2019), 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 6,431 out of 7,302Before him are John Burroughs, John Gribbin, Bosley Crowther, Robert Elsie, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Helen Bannerman. After him are Sarah Josepha Hale, Alan Dundes, Ruth Graham, Greil Marcus, Dan Abnett, and Lynne Cox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rohinton Mistry ranks 654Before 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 1,861Before 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).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Rohinton Mistry ranks 121Before 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).