David Chariandy
David Chariandy | |
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Chariandy in 2019 | |
| Born | David John Chariandy 1969 (age 55–56) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist and academic |
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| Period | 2000s–present |
| Notable works | Soucouyant (2007); Brother (2017) |
David John Chariandy (born in 1969 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and academic, presently working as a Professor of English literature at the University of Toronto. His 2017 novel Brother won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and Toronto Book Award.