Randy Boyagoda
Randy Boyagoda (* 1976 in Oshawa , Ontario ) is a Canadian writer , English scholar and literary critic . He has been the President of PEN Canada since 2015 .
Life and work
Boyagoda was born in Canada in 1976 to Sri Lankan immigrants. After earning a BA from the University of Toronto in 1999, he continued his studies at Boston University . There he received his doctorate in 2005 with his doctoral thesis Imagining Nations and Imaginary Americans: Race, Immigration and American Identity in the Fiction of Salman Rushdie , Ralph Ellison , and William Faulkner . He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame . He has been teaching at Ryerson University's English Department since 2006 . Boyagoda writes reviews and comments etc. a. for the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Guardian, and New Statesman .
In 2006, he published his debut novel Governor of the Northern Province about a former African warlord named Sam Bokarie, who settles in a small Canadian town. Beggar's Feast (2012) is a “from dishwasher to millionaire picaresque novel ” set in Sri Lanka, Australia and Singapore and spanning a hundred years . His 2015 book Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square is a biography of the American publicist , converted priest and presidential advisor Richard John Neuhaus (1936–2009).
In June 2015, Boyagoda was elected President of PEN Canada.
Works
- Novels
- Governor of the Northern Province. Viking Canada, 2006 ISBN 978-0-670-06564-6
- Beggar's Feast. Pintail, 2012 ISBN 978-0-670-06563-9 .
- Non-fiction
- Race, Immigration and American Identity in the Fiction of Salman Rushdie, Ralph Ellison, and William Faulkner. Routledge, 2007 ISBN 978-0-415-87578-3 .
- Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square. Image, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-95396-4 .
Web links
- Mark Medley on Beggar's Feast : The apprenticeship of Randy Boyagoda (May 10, 2011) at nationalpost.com, accessed September 19, 2015.
- Daniel McCarthy on: 'Richard John Neuhaus,' by Randy Boyagoda (March 26, 2015) at: nytimes.com, accessed September 19, 2015.
- Interview: Linda Morefield, Q&A with Randy Boyagoda (October 23, 2012) at: washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com, accessed on September 19, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Randy Boyagoda at: library.ryerson.ca, accessed on September 19, 2015 (English).
- ↑ From the Provost New zone, e-learning directors appointed (September 4, 2013) at: ryerson.ca, accessed on September 19, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Boyagoda, Randy ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: ryerson.ca, accessed on September 19, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Mark Jarman, A postcolonial Gatsby (April 22, 2011) at: theglobeandmail.com, accessed on September 19, 2015 (English).
- ↑ President's Message ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: pencanada.ca, accessed on September 19, 2015 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyagoda, Randy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyagoda, Soharn Randy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer, English scholar, literary critic and PEN President |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oshawa , Ontario |