Ryad Assani-Razaki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ryad Assani-Razaki

Canadian author

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1981

Place of Birth: Cotonou, Littoral Department, Benin

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 for French-language fiction 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.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.