Arjun Basu

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Arjun Basu
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationwriter
Genrenovelist, short stories
Notable worksSquishy, Waiting for the Man
Website
Official website

Arjun Basu is a Canadian writer. [1] He has published three award-nominated books, and was also known for his Twitter feed, on which he posted flash fiction branded as "Twisters". [1]

Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from India, Basu published his debut short story collection Squishy in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards in 2009. [1] His novel Waiting for the Man was published in 2014, [2] and was a longlisted nominee for that year's Scotiabank Giller Prize. [3] In 2025, he published his second novel, The Reeds [4] , nominated for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction by the Quebec Writers Federation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Catching up with "Squishy" Author Arjun Basu in 140 Characters or More" Archived 2011-04-15 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, April 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Arjun Basu on his novel Waiting for the Man". The Next Chapter , October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers". Montreal Gazette , September 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Reeds: A Novel". ECW Press. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
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