Nury Vittachi

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2009 in Frankfurt am Main

Nury Vittachi (born October 2, 1958 ) is an Asian writer and journalist born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ). Vittachi writes in English.

Vittachi now lives in Hong Kong with his wife and three adopted children .

biography

Vittachi's father, Tarzie Vittachi, was a journalist and writer in Ceylon at the time of the first unrest between the Sinhala and Tamil ethnic groups. He published a book about the fighting, which was published in England because of the prevailing censorship in Ceylon. This led to death threats and the family emigrated to Singapore and later to Kuala Lumpur .

Nury Vittachi himself grew up mainly in England and learned the profession of journalist in the English tabloid press . From 1987 to 1997 Vittachi worked as a tabloid journalist for newspapers in Hong Kong and often wrote amusing and amused about the English used by many Asians and, on the other hand, about the lack of understanding of Asian customs by Europeans.

This subject area finally led to the novel in the series “The Fengshui Detective” in 2000 with the main characters of an older Chinese Fengshui master and an Australian teen who have absolutely nothing in common.

Vittachi is also the publisher and initiator of a literary magazine ( Dimsum ), which publishes many English-language Asian authors.

bibliography

Autograph

In German translation

  • The Feng Shui Detective (2003, The Feng Shui Detective)
  • The Feng Shui Detective and the Spirit Healer (2004, The Feng Shui Detective Goes South)
  • The Feng Shui Detective and the Computer Tiger (2004, The Feng Shui Detective's Case Book)
  • Shanghai dinner. The Fengshui Detective Saves the World (2007, The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics)
  • Cyberboy (2005, Dead Eric Gets a Virus)
  • The Fengshui Detective on Her Majesty's Order (2009, Mr Wong Goes West)

English language publications

Non-fiction

  • Reliable Sauce (1990)
  • Only in Hong Kong (1993)
  • Travelers' Tales (1994)
  • Goodbye Hong Kong, Hello Xianggang (1997)
  • The Ultimate Only in Hong Kong Collection (1998)
  • Guardians of the Treasure House (1998)
  • Riding the Millennial Storm (1998)
  • North Wind (1999)
  • City of Dreams (2006)
  • The Kama Sutra of Business (2007)

Novels

  • The Hong Kong Joke Book (1995)
  • Asian Values ​​(1996)
  • The Feng Shui Detective (2000)
  • The Feng Shui Detective Goes South (2002)
  • The Feng Shui Detective's Casebook (2003)
  • The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics (2006)
  • Mr Wong Goes West (2008)

Children's books

  • Ludwig and the Chewy Chunks Café (1994)
  • Dead Eric Gets a Virus (2001)
  • Robot Junior (1998)
  • The True History of Santa Claus (2004)
  • The Day it Rained Letters (2005)
  • The Paper Princess (2005)
  • May Moon and the Secrets of the CPAs (2006)
  • Mozzle and the Giant (2006)
  • The Place You're Meant to Be (2006)
  • The World's Funniest Book of Poems (2006)
  • Twilight in the Land of Nowhen (2006)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Vittachi, Nury
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Asian, English-speaking writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1958