M. G. Vassanji

Quick Facts

Full Name	M. G. Vassanji
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1950(1950-05-30)
Age	74
Birthplace	Nairobi
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Nairobi County
Horoscope	Gemini

M. G. Vassanji Biography

M. G. Vassanji is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on May 30, 1950 in Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya.

M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialised in nuclear physics, before moving to Canada as a postdoctoral fellow in 1978.

From 1980 to 1989 Vassanji was a research associate at the University of Toronto. During this period he developed an interest in medieval Indian literature and history, co-founded and edited a literary magazine (The Toronto South Asian Review, later renamed The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad), and began writing fiction. Between 1989 and 2012, Vassanji published six novels, two collections of short stories, a memoir of his travels in India, and a biography of Mordecai Richler.

M. G. Vassanji Net Worth

M. G. Vassanji is one of the richest Novelist from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, M. G. Vassanji 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Moyez G. Vassanji, CM (born 30 May 1950) is a Canadian novelist and editor, who writes under the name M. G. Vassanji. Vassanji’s work is known throughout North America, and in Africa, and South Asia, and has been translated into several languages. As of 2019, he has published nine novels, as well as a two collection of short fiction and two nonfiction books. Vassanji’s writings, which have received considerable critical acclaim, often focus on issues of migration, diaspora, citizenship, gender and ethnicity.

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In 2006, When She Was Queen was shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award. The Assassin’s Song, released in 2007, was short-listed for the 2007 Giller Prize, the Rogers Prize, and the Governor General’s Prize in Canada, as well as the Crossword Prize in India. In 2009 his travel memoir, A Place Within: Rediscovering India, won the Governor-General’s Prize for nonfiction. He has also been awarded the Commonwealth Regional Prize (Africa).

Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. M. G. Vassanji celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.

His novel The Magic of Saida, set in Tanzania, was published in Canada in 2012, and in 2014 he published his memoirs, Home Was Kariakoo, based on his childhood in East Africa. and in 2016 he published another novel, Nostalgia.. In 2019, his ninth novel A Delhi Obsession was published to wide acclaim.

What is the birthplace of MG Vassanji?

Nairobi, Kenya

What is the chief theme of MG Vassanji?

In The Gunny Sack, Vassanji tells the story of four generations of Asians in Tanzania. He examines the themes of identity, displacement and race relations. He also tries to preserve and recreate oral histories and mythologies that have long been silenced.