Canadian Literature and the Idea of Cultural Transition
Monday, September 28th, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 28, 2009 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Ameen Merchant was born in Bombay and raised in Madras, India. The Silent Raga is his first novel. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he is working on his next novel and programming a new Bollywood audio channel for the CBC.
He has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award. Ameen Merchant was also awarded 2nd place in the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design (Prose Fiction category)
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