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]
Pasha is an infrequent contributor to The Walrus.
Books
- 2008: The Withdrawal Method, House of Anansi, ISBN 978-0-88784-215-3
- 2008: All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, Snare Books, ISBN 978-0-9739438-8-7
- 2012: People Park
- 2015: Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The poetry of sportstalk, Featherproof Books ISBN 978-1-94388-803-0
- 2018: Fugue States, Vintage Canada ISBN 978-0-34581-134-9
- 2020: Kill the Mall[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Writers Pasha Malla, Marguerite Andersen win Trillium Book Awards". CBC News. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Short Story Month: Q&A with Pasha Malla". National Post. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Pasha Malla: the man who knew too little". The Globe and Mail, 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "Bad luck or really good timing? Pasha Malla's new novel 'Kill The Mall' takes place in a mall that's fallen on hard times". thestar.com. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ "Hamilton literary awards returns with in-person event". The Hamilton Spectator. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ "47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020". CBC Books, February 5, 2020.