Tag: Zoroastrian

• An Interview with Sohrab Fracis

  This interview first appeared on Literary Kicks, September 8, 2011 “Imagine you have a friend named Rob,” says our instructor at the University of North Florida Writer’s Conference. “If you want to ask your friend a question, you might begin by saying, ‘So, Rob…’ and that is how to pronounce my first name.” Sohrab Homi…

  Bill Ectric

  September 3, 2016

  Bombay, Hindi, India, Iowa Short Fiction Award, Mumbai, short stories, Slice Magazine, Sohrab Fracis, Sohrab Homi Fracis, Ticket To Minto, UNF, UNF Writer’s Conference, University of North Florida, Zoroastrian

• Shedding More Light

  Some time ago, I wrote about my wish to learn more about Ali Mirdrekvandi, whom I first heard about from Gary Westfahl, and several people got into the discussion. A few days ago, someone with a website called ShahreFarang dropped in to Bill Ectric’s Place to post this link about Mirdrekvandi from the Encyclopaedia Iranica. The creators of…

  Bill Ectric

  March 9, 2012

  Ali Mirdrekvandi, Encyclopedia Iranica, Farsi, Gary Westfahl, Iran, Irradiant, Mehrdad Aref-Adib, No Heaven for Gunga Din, Omar Khayyam, Shahra Farang, ShahraFarang, Surena Parham, William S. Burroughs, Zoroastrian

• My Interview with Sohrab Fracis at LitKicks

        “Imagine you have a friend name Rob,” says our instructor at the University of North Florida Writer’s Conference. “If you want to ask your friend a question, you might begin by saying, ‘So, Rob…’ and that is how to pronounce my first name.” Sohrab Homi Fracis (“Fray-sis”) is the first Asian writer to win…

  Bill Ectric

  September 9, 2011

  India, Indian Literature, Iowa Short Fiction Award, Literary Kicks, Mark Twain Overlook, publishing, short stories, Sohrab Fracis, Sohrab Homi Fracis, The Campion School, Ticket To Minto, UNF, UNF Writer’s Conference, writers, Zoroastrian

• Here Comes the Sun: Ticket To Minto: Stories of India and America, plus an update on the Ali Mirdrekvandi Investigation

  A few months ago I pondered the origins of a little-known book called No Heaven For Gunga Din by Ali Mirdrekvandi, who may or may not have really lived. I recently got some additional insight into that subject from Sohrab Homi Fracis, who I met Wednesday night at the monthly poetry reading at Chamblin’s Uptown  here in…

  Bill Ectric

  April 17, 2011

  India, Indian Literature, Sohrab Homi Fracis, Ticket To Minto, Zoroastrian