Ryad Assani-Razaki | |
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| Born | Cotonou, Benin |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | Beninese, Canadian |
| Period | 2010s–present |
Ryad Assani-Razaki (born November 4, 1981) is a Beninese-Canadian writer. [1] His debut short story collection Deux cercles won the Trillium Book Award for French-language fiction in 2010, [2] and his novel La main d'Iman won the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2011 [3] and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 2012. [4]
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Born in Cotonou, Benin, Assani-Razaki first moved to North America in 1999, to study computer science at the University of North Carolina. [1] After graduating in 2002, he struggled to find a job until registering for a master's in computer science at the Université de Montréal in 2004. [1] He wrote his first short story in 2006, after witnessing an Asian man struggle to order food in a fast food restaurant because of his difficulties with the language. [1] Deux cercles was published in 2009. [1]
