VANCOUVER — Wayson Choy, the celebrated author of “The Jade Peony” and a powerful voice for the Chinese-Canadian community, has died. His agent Denise Bukowski announced his death on Twitter on Sunday, saying that he died in his bed on Saturday night. The novel won critical acclaim, sharing the 1995 Trillium Book Award with a novel by Margaret Atwood. It also won the 1996 City of Vancouver Book Award and was named an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year in 1998. For decades, Choy taught English and creative writing at Humber College, and continued even after his literary success.

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 00:11 UTC