Sohrab Homi Fracis

Sohrab Homi Fracis is the first Asian American to win the Iowa Short Fiction Award, for his debut collection, Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America. Publishers Weekly called it "A reminder of how satisfying the short story form can be...the work of an impressive new talent." India Currents pronounced it "Stunning in its breadth and scope of language and description." His novel, Go Home , was shortlisted worldwide by Stanford University Libraries for the William Saroyan International...See more

Sohrab Homi Fracis is the first Asian American to win the Iowa Short Fiction Award, for his debut collection, Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America. Publishers Weekly called it "A reminder of how satisfying the short story form can be...the work of an impressive new talent." India Currents pronounced it "Stunning in its breadth and scope of language and description." His novel, Go Home , was shortlisted worldwide by Stanford University Libraries for the William Saroyan International Prize. Singapore Poetry described it as "newly poignant and even heartbreaking." Folio Weekly said of it, "Fracis is both a deft realist and master mesmerist." He taught literature and creative writing at University of North Florida. He was Twin Cities Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg University and Artist in Residence at Yaddo. He received the Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature/Fiction. The South Asian Literary Association bestowed on him its Distinguished Achievement Award. See less