| 词条 | Rabindranath Maharaj |
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| name = Rabindranath Maharaj | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Rabindranath Maharaj | birth_date = 1955 | birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = English | nationality = Trinidadian-Canadian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = The Amazing Absorbing Boy, A Perfect Pledge, Homer in Flight | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Toronto Book Award, Trillium Book Award | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://rabindranathmaharaj.com/}} | portaldisp = }} Rabindranath Maharaj (born April 1955, in Trinidad), not to be confused with Rabindranath R. Maharaj, is a Trinidadian-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and a founding editor of the Canadian literary journal Lichen. His novel The Amazing Absorbing Boy won the 2010 Trillium Book Award and the 2011 Toronto Book Award, and several of his books have been shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and Caribbean Region), and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. He was raised in George Village, Tableland in South Trinidad and Tobago.[1] After receiving a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English and History, and Diploma of Education from the University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, he worked as a teacher and, briefly, as a columnist for the Trinidad Guardian.[2] In the early 1990s, Maharaj immigrated to Canada, and in 1993, he completed a second M.A. (this one in Creative Writing) at the University of New Brunswick. In 1994 he moved to the town of Ajax, Ontario, where he taught high school[3] for a number of years. In 1998, Maharaj, along with three other Durham Region writers - Ruth E. Walker, Gwynn Scheltema, and Lucy Brennan - founded and co-edited Lichen Literary Journal, which was launched in May 1999. He remained on the editorial board for another three years. Since then he has, among other posts, been a Writer in Residence at the Toronto Reference Library, the University of the West Indies. The University of New Brunswick, a mentor for young writers with Diaspora Dialogues, a faculty member at the Banff Writing Studio, and an instructor with the Humber College School for Writers, and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. Apart from his novels and collections of short stories, he has published work in various literary journals and anthologies; written book reviews and articles for The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and others; written a play for CBC Radio; and written two screenplays. His newest novel, Fatboy Fall Down, is slated for publication in 2019.[4] He continues to reside in Ajax, Ontario. BibliographyNovels
Short Story Collections
Anthologies (as contributor)
Radio Plays
Screenplays
Awards, Prizes & Nominations
References1. ^Ryerson University Library & Archives {{cite web |url=http://www.ryerson.ca/library/events/asian_heritage/maharaj.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215153227/http://ryerson.ca/library/events/asian_heritage/maharaj.html |archivedate=2009-02-15 |df= }} and CNQ Canadian Notes & Queries {{cite web |url=http://www.notesandqueries.ca/the-cnq-interviews/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912153222/http://notesandqueries.ca/the-cnq-interviews/ |archivedate=2010-09-12 |df= }} 2. ^Interview with Ingrid Ruthig, Books in Canada September 2005 http://www.booksincanada.com/article_view.asp?id=4441 3. ^Interview with Rabindranath Maharaj, Maisonneuve February 2010 http://maisonneuve.org/article/2010/02/13/interview-rabindranath-maharaj/ 4. ^[https://www.cbc.ca/books/28-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2019-1.4982303 "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019"]. CBC Books, January 25, 2019. External links
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