M. G. Vassanji
M. G. Vassanji | |
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Vassanji in 2009 | |
| Born | Moyez G. Vassanji 30 May 1950 (age 75) Kenya |
| Occupation | Novelist and editor, academic |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Pennsylvania |
| Genre | Novels, 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.