Rahul Varma

Edward Little (Concordia University, Canada)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 26 Jan 1952
Activity 1981-ongoing

Places

Born in India
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Playwright / Dramatist
Revolutionary, Activist

Resources

Varma's Works

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Rahul Varma is a Montreal-based playwright, essayist, and community activist. Varma was born in Narion, India in 1952. As a new immigrant to Canada in the 1980s, his early work was nourished and entirely supported from within Canada's South Asian community. His early full-length plays, such as

Bhanumati Ka Pitara

and

Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani

, were written in Hindustani and performed by and for community members.

In 1986, he became artistic director of Teesri Duniya Theatre – a company that he co-founded in 1981 to cater to the needs of Montreal's South Asian communities. In 1998, as part of Teesri Duniya's evolving mandate, Varma launched the quarterly magazine, alt.theatre: cultural diversity and the stage. Varma continues as the company's artistic director, and today Teesri Duniya Theatre

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Citation: Little, Edward. "Rahul Varma". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 April 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5399, accessed 23 November 2024.]