Cyrus Mistry (writer) explained

Cyrus Mistry (born 11 March 1956[1]) is an Indian author and playwright. He won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer.[2] [3] He is the brother of author Rohinton Mistry.[4]

Mistry is from Mumbai.[2] He began writing at a young age as a playwright, but has also worked as a journalist and short-story writer. His first short was published in 1979.[2] 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; he wrote the screenplay and dialogue. It won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film in 1989,[5] as well as a Critics' Award at the Mannheim Film Festival.[6]

His play Doongaji House is "regarded as a seminal work in contemporary Indian theatre in English."[2] His first novel was The Radiance of Ashes which was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize (2005).[7] His second novel was Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer published in 2013, which tells the story of the Khandhias within the Parsi community who carry the bodies of the dead to the Towers of Silence where they are eaten by vultures.[2] [8]

Awards and honors

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who in India . Guide Publications . 1996 . 276 . 12 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Indian Wins South Asian Prize for Literature . . Aditi Malhotra . 18 January 2014 . 18 January 2014.
  3. News: Cyrus Mistry wins DSC Prize for 2014 . . PTI . 18 January 2014 . 18 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Parsis walk from outside to take my story forward: Cyrus Mistry . DNA India . Amrita Madhukalya . 17 January 2014 . 19 January 2014.
  5. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309150349/http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf. 2016-03-09. dead.
  6. News: A legacy of silence . . Shashi Baliga . 5 August 2012 . 18 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Bombay lost and found . India Today . Tara Sahgal . 5 September 2005 . 18 January 2014.
  8. Web site: Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer (review) . Time Out Mumbai . Tara Sahgal . 17 August 2012 . 18 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202184026/http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/books/reviews/chronicle-corpse-bearer . 2 February 2014 . dmy-all .
  9. News: Active marketing important in publishing: Author Cyrus Mistry . Press Trust of India . 12 November 2013 . https://archive.today/20140119204002/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/active-marketing-important-in-publishing-author-cyrus-mistry-113111200402_1.html . 19 January 2014 . 19 January 2014 . live . Press Trust of India .
  10. Web site: Sahithya Academy Award 2015. sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Sahitya-Akademi. 19 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130920/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2015-e.pdf. 22 December 2015. dead.

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