Anupama Bijur and Cyrus Mistry
Anupama Bijur in conversation with Cyrus Mistry on "Chronicler of a community" at Bangalore Literature Festival 2022.
Cyrus Mistry (March 11, 1956) is an Indian author and playwright. He won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer. He is the brother of author Rohinton Mistry. He began writing at a young age as a playwright, but has also worked as a journalist and short-story writer. He has also written short film scripts and several documentaries. One of his short stories, "Percy", was made into the Gujarati feature film Percy in 1989; which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film . Also won Critics' Award at the Mannheim Film Festival.
His play Doongaji House is "regarded as a seminal work in contemporary Indian theatre in English." His first novel was The Radiance of Ashes which was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize (2005). His second novel was Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer published in 2013, which tells the story of the Khandhias within the Parsi community .
Anupama Bijur and Cyrus Mistry
Anupama Bijur in conversation with Cyrus Mistry on "Chronicler of a community" at Bangalore Literature Festival 2022.
Cyrus Mistry (March 11, 1956) is an Indian author and playwright. He won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer. He is the brother of author Rohinton Mistry. He began writing at a young age as a playwright, but has also worked as a journalist and short-story writer. He has also written short film scripts and several documentaries. One of his short stories, "Percy", was made into the Gujarati feature film Percy in 1989; which won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film . Also won Critics' Award at the Mannheim Film Festival.
His play Doongaji House is "regarded as a seminal work in contemporary Indian theatre in English." His first novel was The Radiance of Ashes which was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize (2005). His second novel was Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer published in 2013, which tells the story of the Khandhias within the Parsi community .