Randy Boyagoda

Soharn Randy Boyagoda (born 1976) is a Canadian writer, intellectual and critic known for his novels ''Governor of the Northern Province'' (2006), ''Beggar's Feast'' (2011), ''Original Prin'' (2018), and ''Dante's Indiana'' (2021). He is also the author of a 2015 biography of Richard John Neuhaus.

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. He most recently was the Acting Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life at the University of Toronto, and now serves as Vice-Dean, Arts and Sciences, and is the University's Provostial Advisor on Civil Discourse. Boyagoda is also a professor in the University of Toronto's English Department, and currently chairs the PEN Canada Advisory Board. He served as President of PEN Canada from 2015 to 2017. Boyagoda is listed in ''Toronto Life'' magazine as one of the 50 most influential Torontonians of 2024. Provided by Wikipedia