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M.G. Vassanji

M.G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. He attended university in the United States, where he trained as a nuclear physicist, before coming to Canada in 1978. Vassanji is the author of six novels and two collections of short stories. His work has appeared in various countries and several languages, and he has twice won the Giller Prize. His most recent novel, The Assassin’s Song, was shortlisted for both the Giller Prize and the Governor-General’s Award. He is a member of the Order of Canada and lives in Toronto.

Books by M.G. Vassanji

What You Are

Short Stories

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

A Delhi Obsession

A Novel

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Luminous Ink

Writers on Writing in Canada

edited by Tessa McWatt, Rabindranath Maharaj & Dionne Brand
contributions by Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, M.G. Vassanji, Lawrence Hill, Pascale Quiviger, Nino Ricci, Sheila Fischman, Heather O'Neill, Camilla Gibb, Eden Robinson, Lee Maracle, Rawi Hage, Michael Helm, Lisa Moore, Rita Wong, Hiromi Goto, George Elliott Clarke, Nicole Brossard, Judith Thompson, David Chariandy, Richard Van Camp, Marie-Hélène Poitras, Stephen Henighan, Greg Hollingshead, Michael Ondaatje & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Nostalgia

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

And Home Was Kariakoo

A Memoir of East Africa

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

The Magic of Saida

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Extraordinary Canadians: Mordecai Richler

A Penguin Lives Biography

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

A Place Within

Rediscovering India

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

The Assassin's Song

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

When She Was Queen

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Penguin Modern Classics Fifth Business

by (author) Robertson Davies
foreword by M.G. Vassanji

Modern Classics: The Manticore

by (author) Robertson Davies
foreword by M.G. Vassanji

Modern Classics: World of Wonders

by (author) Robertson Davies
foreword by M.G. Vassanji

The Gunny Sack

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Uhuru Street

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Amriika

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

Meeting of Streams

South Asian-Canadian Literature

edited by M.G. Vassanji

No New Land

by (author) M.G. Vassanji

The Book of Secrets

by (author) M.G. Vassanji