Pasha Malla | |
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| 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] During his days in London, Ont. Pasha attended Sir Frederick Banting S.S, where he played basketball and was a founding member of the Backyard Soccer League.
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] His second novel, Fugue States, was published in 2017. Malla's third novel, Kill the Mall, was published in 2021 and was shortlisted for the 2022 Hamilton Literary Awards. [4] [5] Malla is an infrequent contributor to The Walrus .
Malla is currently an associate professor in the English Department at York University, where he teaches Creative Writing. [6]
