Rohinton Mistry
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Works
- 48
Top works
- Searching for Stevenson
- ʻInyene mishpaḥah
- Elements of Literature - Third Canadian Edition
- Modern Stories in English
- The Harbrace Anthology of Short Fiction -- Fourth Edition
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 73
- Total plays
- 4,149
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Pfam: The protein families database in 2021
· 2020 · cited 6,422x
- Pfam: the protein families database
· 2013 · cited 5,567x
- The Pfam protein families database: towards a more sustainable future
· 2015 · cited 5,306x
- The Pfam protein families database in 2019
· 2018 · cited 4,173x
- The Pfam protein families database
· 2011 · cited 3,167x
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Quotes
- “Before I start writing I know I have at least one character who I want to work with…and I would have a vague idea of where the story might lead. Though it could change direction, I have at least a vague idea of where it might go.”
- “…People who know about these things say that the short story is the most challenging form, much more so than the novel, because of the precision required; sometimes you have to achieve as much as a novel in a much shorter space and period of time. Had I known that it was the most difficult of forms, I probably would not have started with the short story…”
- “It appeals to me when I read it but I cannot write like that. I have tried to write like that; for a while I get really involved and enjoy it but then it all starts to feel like a pointless exercise. It is just too clever by half; I don't like clever books, I like honest books…”
- “I count myself blessed that I'm able to follow this line of work. I didn't grow up with the burning ambition to be a writer - I never even thought of it as a possibility. It seemed such a huge thing, it never occurred to me that I could aspire to it.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Q16877233
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- St. Xavier's College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- A Fine Balance
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1952-07-03
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Rohinton Mistry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
