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Born in Bombay, India, Mistry immigrated to Canada in 1975. While attending the University of Toronto he won two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributor's Prize for 1985.

Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published his collection of 11 short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag.

When his first novel, Such a Long Journey, was published in 1991, it won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize and for the Trillium Award. It has been translated into German, Swedish, NorwegianNorwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. Norwegian is closely related to, and generally mutually intelligible with Swedish and Danish. Together with these two languages, Norwegian belongs to the Northern, or Scandinavian group of the Germanic la, DanishDanish is one of the Scandinavian languages, a sub-group of the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family. History Most Danish words are derived from the Old Norse language, with new words formed by compounding. A large percentage of Danish word and JapaneseThe Japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in Japan. The Japanese name for the language is Nihongo . History and classification Historical linguists do not all agree about the origin of the Japanese language; there are several comp, and has been made into a movie.

Rohinton Mistry's novel A Fine Balance won the 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja Giller PrizeThe Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. This prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Gill and was chosen by the Oprah WinfreyOprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States. She was meant to be named Orpah but it was misspelled on her birth certificate as Oprah''. An African American woman bor's Book Club No.44

His latest book, Family Matters, has been nominated for the 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Booker Prize. It also won the 2002 Kiriyama Prize .

In 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom, Mistry cancelled his United States book tour because he and his wife were targeted by security agents at every airport he visited, apparently because of his "Middle Eastern" appearance. Mistry reported that on his first flight of the tour, "we were greeted by a ticket agent who cheerfully told us we had been selected randomly for a special security check. Then it began to happen at every single stop, at every single airport. The random process took on a 100 percent certitude." His publisher issued a statement that said, "As a person of color (Mistry) was stopped repeatedly and rudely at each airport along the way--to the point where the humiliation ... had become unbearable."