Nationality Beninese, Canadian Books Iman | Period 2010s–present | |
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Occupation Novelist, short story writer | ||
Ryad assani razaki la main d iman
Ryad Assani-Razaki (born November 4, 1981 in Cotonou, Benin) is a Beninese-Canadian writer. His debut short story collection Deux cercles won the Trillium Book Award in 2010, and his novel La main d'Iman won the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 2012.
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- Ryad assani razaki la main d iman
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He first moved to North America in 1999, to study computer science at the University of North Carolina. 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. 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. Deux cercles was published in 2009.