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Vassanji, Moyez Gulamhussein
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M.G. Vassanji was born in Kenya on May 30, 1950, to Indian immigrants and raised in Tanzania.
He earned a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Canada as a postdoctoral fellow in 1978.
Vassanji worked as a research associate at the University of Toronto. During this period, he developed an interest in medieval Indian literature and began his writing career by co-founding and editing the literary magazine The Toronto South Asian Review (now Mawenzi House). His books have won several awards, such as the Governor General's Prize (2009) for nonfiction, and been translated internationally. Vassanji has given lectures worldwide about writing and his identity.
He currently resides in Toronto.
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.