M.G. Vassanji (Author of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall)

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M.G. Vassanji

Born

in Nairobi, Kenya

May 30, 1950

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Moyez G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in theoretical nuclear physics. From 1978-1980 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Atomic Energy of Canada, and from 1980 to 1989 he was a research associate at the University of Toronto. During this period he developed a keen interest in medieval Indian literature and history, co-founded and edited a literary magazine (The Toronto South Asian Review, later renamed The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad), and began writing stories and a novel. In 1989, with the publication of his first novel, The Gunny Sack, he was invited to spend a season at the International Writi ...more

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	The In-Between World of Vikram Lall 3.83 avg rating — 3,626 ratings — published 2003 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	No New Land 3.35 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“No amount of photography could replace the memories of a life lived, of lives observed and known, of lives elaborated in the mind and on the page.”
― M.G. Vassanji

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“Destination Kampala! Africa鈥檚 postcolonial renaissance.鈥� There would have been few other places in the world where there was such an excitement about new literature, new ideas, and new politics. The inspiration arrived at this conference for a new publishing imprint of literary titles called the African Writers Series, which was soon launched by Heinemann in the U.K., with Achebe as the series editor. The excitement reached as far as my high school in Dar, where literary competitions were held, new drama was produced, and a parade of literary luminaries passed through, including Chinua Achebe.”
― M.G. Vassanji, And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa

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“We were a country of sages. They were all over the place, sometimes clogging the streets and roadways.”
― M.G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song

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