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Shyam Selvadurai was born on 12 February, 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist. Discover Shyam Selvadurai's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Writer |
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59 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
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12 February 1965 |
| Birthday |
12 February |
| Birthplace |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
Sri Lankan
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Shyam Selvadurai Height, Weight & Measurements
At 59 years old, Shyam Selvadurai height not available right now. We will update Shyam Selvadurai's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Shyam Selvadurai's Wife?
His wife is Andrew Champion
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Andrew Champion |
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Shyam Selvadurai Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Shyam Selvadurai worth at the age of 59 years old? Shyam Selvadurai’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Sri Lankan. We have estimated Shyam Selvadurai's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Shyam Selvadurai (born 12 February 1965) is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist.
Ethnic riots in 1983 drove the family to emigrate to Canada when Selvadurai was nineteen.
He attained a BFA at York Univerity for Theatre in 1989, then achieved an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia in 2010.
He is most noted for his 1994 novel Funny Boy, which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.
Selvadurai was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka to a Sinhalese mother and a Tamil father—members of conflicting ethnic groups whose troubles form a major theme in his work.
Selvadurai published Funny Boy in 1994, and followed up in 1998 with the novel Cinnamon Gardens.
Selvadurai recounted an account of the discomfort he and his partner experienced during a period spent in Sri Lanka in 1997 in his essay "Coming Out" in Time Asia's special issue on the Asian diaspora in 2003.
In 2004, Selvadurai edited a collection of short stories: Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers, which includes works by Salman Rushdie, Monica Ali, and Hanif Kureishi, among others.
He published a young adult novel, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea, in 2005.
Swimming won the Lambda Literary Award in the Children's and Youth Literature category in 2006.
He was a contributor to TOK: Writing the New Toronto, Book 1.
In 2013, he released a fourth novel, The Hungry Ghosts.
In 2013 Selvadurai's Funny Boy was included in the syllabus under marginalized study and gay literature of the under graduate English Department of The American College in Madurai.
In 2014, he was presented the Bonham Centre Award from The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, for his contributions to the advancement and education of issues around sexual identification.
In 2016, a species of spider was named after Selvadurai called Brignolia Shyami, a small goblin spider which is a pale yellow colour and between 1.4mm and 1.5mm in length.
In 2020, Deepa Mehta released the film Funny Boy, an adaptation of Selvadurai's novel.
At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, Mehta and Selvadurai won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
