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title: "3 Rabindranath Maharaj Quotes - Famous Novelist (A perfect pledge)"
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# Rabindranath Maharaj

(1954)   Novelist   Canada

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Rabindranath Maharaj is a novelist from Canada, best known for *A perfect pledge*.

## Quick Facts About Rabindranath Maharaj

Born November 30, 1954

Nationality Canada

Profession Novelist

Notable works A perfect pledge

## About Rabindranath Maharaj

Rabindranath Maharaj is a Trinidadian-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and a founding editor of the Canadian literary journal Lichen. His novel The Amazing Absorbing Boy won the 2010 Trillium Book Award and the 2011 Toronto Book Award, and several of his books have been shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award.

##  Quotes by Rabindranath Maharaj

> [I don't want to sound too Oprah-ish or anything like that, but I really believe that if you have the power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-maharaj/i-don-t-want-to-sound-too-oprah-ish-or-anything-like-that-but-i/)

Rabindranath Maharaj

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> [I had no real idea I was going to become a writer. It was just a game for me. I just liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-maharaj/i-had-no-real-idea-i-was-going-to-become-a-writer-it-was-just-a-game/)

Rabindranath Maharaj

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/rabindranath-maharaj-66838_become_i-had-no-real-idea-i-was-going-to-become_2786969.jpg)

> [Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-maharaj/immigrants-use-the-library-often-a-lot-of-them-don-t-have-access-to/)

Rabindranath Maharaj

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