Pasha Malla
| Pasha Malla | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Pasha Malla St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | The Withdrawal Method, People Park |
Pasha Malla is a Canadian author.
He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and raised in London, Ontario. He attended Concordia University in Montreal as a graduate student.[1]
His debut book, The Withdrawal Method, a collection of short stories, won the Trillium Book Award and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award,[1] as well as being shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.[2] One of his short stories, "Filmsong", won an Arthur Ellis Award[1] while another was published on Joyland: A hub for short fiction.
Later that year, Snare Books released All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, a collection of poetry. His first novel, People Park, was published in 2012.[3]
Malla is a frequent contributor to The Walrus.
Books
- 2008: The Withdrawal Method, House of Anansi, ISBN 978-0-88784-215-3
- 2008: All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, Snare Books, ISBN 978-0-9739438-8-7
- 2012: People Park
References
- 1 2 3 "Writers Pasha Malla, Marguerite Andersen win Trillium Book Awards". CBC News. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Short Story Month: Q&A with Pasha Malla". National Post. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Pasha Malla: the man who knew too little". The Globe and Mail, 10 July 2012.
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