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==Early life and education== Rohinton Mistry was born in [[Bombay]], India, to a [[Parsi]] family.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=Nidhi|date=January 2014|title=The Making of the Novelist: Rohinton Mistry|url=http://www.mitpublications.org/yellow_images/1387359850_logo_3%20The%20Making%20of%20the%20Novelist%20Rohinton%20Mistry.pdf|journal=MIT International Journal of English Language & Literature|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1|access-date=19 February 2018|archive-date=22 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422010043/http://mitpublications.org/yellow_images/1387359850_logo_3%20The%20Making%20of%20the%20Novelist%20Rohinton%20Mistry.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> His brother is the playwright and author [[Cyrus Mistry (writer)|Cyrus Mistry]]. He earned a BA in Mathematics and Economics from [[St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. Xavier's College alumni write open letter opposing invitation to Aditya Thackeray to attend college event|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/aditya-thackeray-st-xaviers-college-mumbai-alumni-shiv-sena-xaviers-college-invitation-150-years-anniversary-celebrations-rohinton-mistry-such-a-long/294150|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> He emigrated to Canada with his wife-to-be Freny Elavia in 1975 and they married shortly afterwards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lambert |first=Angela |date=2002-04-27 |title=The Guardian Profile: Rohinton Mistry |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/27/fiction.books |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He worked in a bank for a while, before returning to academia at the [[University of Toronto]] where he obtained a BA in English and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |title=The Man Booker Prize |publisher=The Man Booker Prize |access-date=16 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124175338/http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/authors/58 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/rohinton-mistry|title=Rohinton Mistry - Literature|website=literature.britishcouncil.org|language=en|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
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