Anosh Irani

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Anosh Irani (born 1974) is an Indian-Canadian novelist

and playwright. An Irani (like Parsi, but of more recent
Iranian extraction), he was born and raised in Mumbai,
although he has indicated that he personally prefers the
citys traditional English name, Bombay. After working
in advertising in India, he moved to Vancouver in 1998 to
study and pursue writing.

The Matka King (2003, play)

The Cripple and His Talismans (2004, novel) ISBN
978-1-55192-803-6, Raincoast Books
The Song of Kahunsha (2006, novel) ISBN 978-0385-66229-1, Anchor Canada

His rst 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 Awards,
including Outstanding New Play. Irani was also featured
in Quill & Quire as one of a handful of young Canadian
writers to watch.

Bombay Black (2006, play)

Dahanu Road (2010, novel) ISBN 978-0-38566699-2, Doubleday Canada
My Granny the Goldsh (2010, play)

He published his debut novel, The Cripple and His Talismans, in 2004. This dark fable won critical acclaim for its
magic realist depiction of the seedy beggars underworld
of India.

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Iranis second novel, The Song of Kahunsha, was chosen

as a CBC Book Club One pick, and was selected for the
2007 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed
by Donna Morrissey. Kahunsha is a story about the abandoned children of Bombay, struggling for survival and to
hold on to hope amidst the violence of the 1993 racial
riots.

Anosh Iranis Website

Anosh Irani interview on cbc.ca
Online interview from CBC Words at Large

His third novel, Dahanu Road (novel), was published in

2010.
His latest play, My Granny the Goldsh, premiered at
the Arts Club Theatre Companys new venue, The Revue
Stage, in Vancouver on April 16, 2010.

Education

From 1998 Irani attended the University of British

Columbia. He received his Bachelors degree in Creative
Writing in 2002.
In September 2012, Irani taught a Creative Writing
course at Simon Fraser University.
Starting in September 2013, Irani will be teaching a Creative Writing course on Playwriting at McGill University.
In September 2014, Irani was the Writer-in-Residence at
Simon Fraser University in the World Literature department. He also taught a special topics course, Writing for
the Stage.
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