14 Facts About Randy Boyagoda

Soharn Randy Boyagoda was born on 1976 and is a Canadian writer, intellectual and critic known for his novels Governor of the Northern Province, Beggar's Feast, Original Prin, and Dante's Indiana.

Randy Boyagoda is the author of a biography of Richard John Neuhaus.

Randy Boyagoda is the past principal and vice-president of the University of St Michael's College in Toronto, where he held the Basilian Chair in Christianity, Arts and Letters.

Randy Boyagoda is listed in Toronto Life magazine as one of the 50 most influential Torontonians of 2024.

In 2005, Randy Boyagoda was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Erasmus Institute at the University of Notre Dame, where he was Concurrent Assistant Professor of English.

Randy Boyagoda received early tenure in 2009, following the publication of his book Race, Immigration, and American Identity in the Fiction of Salman Rushdie, Ralph Ellison, and William Faulkner.

In 2011, Randy Boyagoda published his second novel, Beggar's Feast, followed by a biography of Fr.

From 2015 to 2017, Randy Boyagoda served as the President of PEN Canada.

In 2016, Randy Boyagoda became the principal and vice-president of the University of St Michael's College and was appointed to the Basilian Chair in Christianity Arts and Letters.

Randy Boyagoda became a faculty member of the University of Toronto's English department.

Randy Boyagoda's first novel, Governor of the Northern Province, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and published to national acclaim.

In 2015, Randy Boyagoda published a biography of Richard John Neuhaus, a project supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Randy Boyagoda's biography, entitled Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square, has met with wide critical attention, with notable reviews running in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Globe and Mail.

Randy Boyagoda's criticism includes reviews of Enid Blyton, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Jose Saramago, among others.