Famous People with Name Rohinton

Rohinton Mistry            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rohinton Mistry: considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, and belongs to the Parsi Zoroastrian religious minority.Mistry immigrated to Canada in 1975, after obtaining an undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from Bombay University, in 1973. He worked in a bank for a while, before returning to studies, leading up to a degree in English and philosophy. While attending the University of Toronto he won two Hart House literary prizes (the first to win two), for stories which were published in the Hart House Review, and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributor's Prize for 1985. Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published his collection of 11 short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag. It was later published in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag.[1] The book consists of 11 short stories, all set within one apartment complex in modern-day Mumbai. This volume contains the popular, and oft-anthologized story, "Swimming Lessons."