Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Mistry is an Indian author and playwright. He won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer. Hailing from Mumbai, Mistry began writing at a young age as a playwright, but has also worked as a journalist and short-story writer. His first short was published in 1979.

One of his short stories, "Percy", was made into the Gujarati feature film in 1989 and he wrote the screenplay and dialogue for it. It won the National Award for Best Gujarati Film in 1989, as well as a Critics' Award at the Mannheim Film Festival. Doongaji House, The Radiance of Ashes and Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer are his other major works.