Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Mistry (born 11 March 1956 ) is an Indian author and playwright. He won the 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer. He is the brother of author Rohinton Mistry.

Mistry is from Mumbai. as well as a Critics' Award at the Mannheim Film Festival.

His play Doongaji House is "regarded as a seminal work in contemporary Indian theatre in English." His second novel was Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer published in 2013, which tells the story of the Khandhias within the Parsi community who carry the bodies of the dead to the Towers of Silence where they are eaten by vultures.

Awards and honors Sultan Padamsee Award for Doongaji House 1989 National Award for Best Gujarati Film, Percy, story, screenplay and dialogue 2005 Crossword Book Award, shortlist, The Radiance of Ashes 2014 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award

Works Doongaji House (1977; play) The Radiance of Ashes (2005; novel) Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer (2012; novel) Passion Flower: Seven Stories of Derangement (2014; short stories) The Prospect of Miracles (2019; novel) Doongaji House: Selected Plays (2023; anthology)