M. G. Vassanji

M. G. Vassanji

Vassanji in 2009
BornMoyez G. Vassanji
30 May 1950 (1950-05-30) (age 75)
Kenya
OccupationNovelist and editor, academic
NationalityCanadian
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
GenreNovels, short stories, memoir, and a biography

Moyez G. Vassanji CM (born 30 May 1950 in Kenya) is a Canadian novelist and editor, who writes under the name M. G. Vassanji. Vassanji's work has been translated into several languages. As of 2020, he has published nine novels, as well as two short-fiction collections and two nonfiction books. Vassanji's writings often focus on issues of colonial history, migration, diaspora, citizenship, gender and ethnicity.