Vassanji, M(oyez) G.
VASSANJI, M(oyez) G.
VASSANJI, M(oyez) G. Canadian (born Kenya), b. 1950. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Essays. Career: Affiliated with Atomic Energy of Canada at Chalk River power station, 1978-80; University of Toronto, ON, research associate and lecturer in physics, 1980-89; full-time writer, 1989-. Publications: (ed.) A Meeting of Streams: South Asian Canadian Literature (essays), 1985; Uhuru Street (short stories), 1991; The Book of Secrets, 1994. NOVELS: The Gunny Sack, 1989; No New Land, 1991; Amriika, 1999; The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, 2003.
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