Nury Vittachi
- January 6, 2024
- Writer
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Nury Vittachi Biography
| Name | Nury Vittachi |
| Birthday | Oct 2 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Birth Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Parents | Tarzie Vittachi |
| Children(s) | 3 |
Nury Vittachi is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on October 2, 1958 in Sri Lanka. Nury Vittachi (born 2 October 1958 in Ceylon) is an author and journalist based at Hong Kong. He is the author of the comedy-crime novel The Feng Shui Detective series The Feng Shui Detective, that was published in a variety of languages across the globe, as in non-fiction and novels for young readers.
His abrupt departure from office at the time of the 1997 change in sovereignty was widely considered to be an attempt at political control. The collected editions of the columns with titles like Only in Hong Kong went through several printing runs. In the Far Eastern Economic Review, Vittachi wrote a region-wide column titled “Travellers’ Tales”.
Vittachi is founding editor of the Asia Literary Review, which has published work by writers such as David Mitchell, Maxine Hong Kingston, Hanif Kureishi, Thomas Keneally, William Dalrymple and Romesh Gunesekera. The journal, published since 1999, was designed for Asia-related works “unpublished in English.”
He founded the Hong Kong International Literary Festival Limited in 2000 with Jane Camens.
He then moved to Britain and found his love Mary Lacey-Vittachi (later his wife). They got married in 1987. They visited HK that same year for their honeymoon, and they have been there ever since. He lives at home in Hong Kong with his wife and their three adopted Chinese children, Lexi, Kelci and Jem. His father is Sri Lankan journalist Tarzie Vittachi His uncle, Dr. V.P. Vittachi was a key shareholder of the largest company that is based in Sri Lanka, the Stassen Group.
Nury Vittachi Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Nury Vittachi is one of the richest Writer from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nury Vittachi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Vittachi left Sri Lanka due to political oppression in the year 1960. He fled Sri Lanka at the age of two.
Since the mid-1980s, his trade-offs included ridiculous but-true stories humorous signs, absurd menu items, wacky personal or business titles, guidelines for fools as well as snarky criminal stories and many more. As Internet usage increased from the mid-1990s onwards, many of these became common themes of internet-based humor. They are currently featured through his website www.misterjam.com. His talent to Asian English resulted in his being hired to write academic essays on the area for academic journals.
Vittachi started his journalism career on the Morning Telegraph in Sheffield in the north of England before moving to London’s Fleet Street, then to Hong Kong, where he wrote the gossip columns “Lai See” (see red envelope) and “Spice Trader” for the South China Morning Post until 1997. Although remembered mainly for humor and affectionate take on cross-cultural clashes, the column was often hardhitting, and regularly received writs.
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In 2015 Vittachi began contributing to the Hong Kong Free Press.
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Nury Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Nury Vittachi celebrates birthday on October 2 of every year.