Altaf Tyrewala

{{Short description|Indian writer (born 1977)}}

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Altaf Tyrewala (born 1977) is an Indian, English-language author and columnist. He lives in Dallas and works in the elearning industry. Altaf was born in Byculla, Mumbai in a Khoja Ismaili family. He did his schooling at St. Mary's ICSE, Mazagaon.{{cite news|title=The Mahanagari of missed chances|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-mahanagari-of-missed-chances/article7941934.ece|work=The Hindu|date=2 December 2015 |accessdate=19 August 2017}} He studied advertising and marketing in New York City, and earned a BBA from Baruch College in 1999 before returning to Mumbai to work on his critically acclaimed debut novel "No God in Sight".{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/07spec1.htm|title=Terror, riots, No God in Sight|accessdate=2008-12-29}} The book has been translated into Marathi, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch, and published in the US and Canada. In 2012, he published "The Ministry of Hurt Sentiments" and a collection of short stories "Engglishhh" in 2014.{{cite web|title=Kitaab interview with Altaf Tyrewala: Never think of a short story in isolation|url=https://kitaab.org/2014/09/14/kitaab-interview-with-altaf-tyrewala-never-think-of-a-short-story-in-isolation/|website=kitaab.org|date=14 September 2014 |accessdate=19 August 2017}}

Tyrewala's short stories have been included in several Indian and international anthologies.{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub100109siddhartha.asp|title=Siddhartha|accessdate=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224013011/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=hub100109siddhartha.asp|archive-date=24 December 2008|url-status=dead}} His work has been hailed as "more sophisticated and universal than Adiga’s" by some critics.{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/12/26214658/The-year-we-reclaimed-our-Engl.html|title=The year we reclaimed our English|accessdate=2008-12-29}}

Tyrewala is a member of the board of advisors for the literary journal The Bombay Review.{{Cite news|url=https://thebombayreview.com/board-of-advisors/|title=Board of Advisors|date=2016-04-12|work=THE BOMBAY REVIEW|access-date=2017-08-19|language=en-US}}