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[[File:Bookbits - 2010-04-29 Anosh Irani-Dahanu Road.vorb.oga|thumb|right|Anosh Irani on Bookbits radio talks about Dahanu Road.]]<br />
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'''Anosh Irani''' (born 1974) is an [[Indo-Canadian]] novelist and playwright, born and raised in [[Mumbai]]. <br />
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==Education==<br />
From 1998, Irani attended the [[University of British Columbia]] and received his bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2002. <br />
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He has since taught creative writing at [[Simon Fraser University]] and [[McGill University]]. In September 2014, Irani was the writer-in-residence at Simon Fraser University in the world literature department.<br />
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==Career==<br />
After working in advertising in India, he moved to [[Vancouver]] in 1998 to study and pursue writing.<br />
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His first full-length play, ''[[The Matka King]]'', premiered in October 2003 at the [[Arts Club Theatre Company]] in Vancouver. His play, ''Bombay Black'', won four [[Dora Mavor Moore Awards|Dora Awards]], including Outstanding New Play. Irani was also featured in ''[[Quill & Quire]]'' as one of a handful of young Canadian "writers to watch."<br />
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He published his [[debut novel]], ''The Cripple and His Talismans'', in 2004. Irani's second novel, ''[[The Song of Kahunsha]]'', was chosen as a CBC Book Club One pick, and selected for the 2007 edition of ''[[Canada Reads]]''. His third novel, ''[[Dahanu Road (novel)|Dahanu Road]]'', was published in 2010. His fourth, ''The Parcel'', was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for that year's [[Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize]]<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/two-debut-novelists-among-this-years-writers-trust-nominees/article31968963/ "Two debut novelists among this year’s Writers’ Trust nominees"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 21 September 2016.</ref> and [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]].<ref name="announce">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/governor-generals-literary-award-short-list-a-serious-case-of-deja-vu/article32229006/ "Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', 4 October 2016.</ref><br />
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His play ''[[My Granny the Goldfish]]'' premiered at The Revue Stage in Vancouver on 16 April 2010.<br />
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His play ''The Men in White'' was shortlisted for the [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama]] at the [[2018 Governor General's Awards]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-drama-1.4840585 "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama"]. [[CBC Books]], October 3, 2018.</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''The Matka King'' (2003, play)<br />
* ''The Cripple and His Talismans'' (2004, novel) {{ISBN|978-1-55192-803-6}}, Raincoast Books<br />
* ''[[The Song of Kahunsha]]'' (2006, novel) {{ISBN|978-0-385-66229-1}}, Anchor Canada<br />
* ''Bombay Black'' (2006, play)<br />
* ''Dahanu Road'' (2010, novel) {{ISBN|978-0-385-66699-2}}, Doubleday Canada<br />
* ''My Granny the Goldfish'' (2010, play)<br />
* ''The Parcel'' (2016, novel)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/book-reviews/how-mumbais-red-light-district-and-transgender-community-haunted-and-inspired-anosh-irani | title=How Mumbai's red light district and transgender community 'haunted and inspired' Anosh Irani | newspaper=National Post | date=26 September 2016 | accessdate=6 June 2018 }}</ref><br />
* ''Swimming coach.'' In [[Granta]] # 141, ''Canada,'' 2017, pp 123 – 135<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.anoshirani.com Anosh Irani's Website]<br />
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