Shyam Selvadurai | |
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| Born | February 12, 1965 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan-Canadian |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable works | Funny Boy, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea |
| Spouse | Andrew Champion |
Shyam Selvadurai (born 12 February 1965) is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist.[1] He is most noted for his 1994 novel Funny Boy, which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award[2] and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.[3]
- ^ Val Ross, "Shyam Selvadurai: a writer of two worlds". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1995.
- ^ "Toronto immigrant wins best first-novel award". Ottawa Citizen, March 18, 1995.
- ^ Paul Chafe, "Shyam Selvadurai". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 2, 2012.