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Rohinton Mistry was born in in Bombay, India's largest city and the most densely populated place in the world. He grew up as a member of Bombay's middle class Parsi community. His father, Behram Mistry, worked in advertising and his mother, Freny Mistry, was a housewife. He obtained a British-style education at the University of Bombay, studying mathematics and economics and receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in He then married Freny Elavia, a teacher, and immigrated to Canada, settling in Toronto. He worked as a banker to support himself while taking night courses at the University of Toronto and completed a second baccalaureate degree in , majoring in literature and philosophy.

During this period, Mistry became interested in writing. He studied with Mavis Gallant, a writer-inresidence in Toronto's English Department, and won first prize in a short story contest the university inaugurated in He won this

Rohinton Mistry was born in and grew up in Bombay, India, where he also attended university. In he emigrated to Canada, where he began a course in English and Philosophy at the University of is the author of three novels and one collection of short stories. His debut novel, Such a Long Journey (), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Governor General's Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in His second novel, A Fine Balance (), won many prestigious awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the Giller Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. His collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, was published in In Faber published Mistry's third novel, Family Matters, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.