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Wayson Choy

Born

in Vancouver, Canada

April 20, 1939

Died

April 27, 2019

Genre

Nonfiction, History

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Born in Vancouver in 1939, Wayson Choy has spent much of his life engaged in teaching and writing in Toronto. Since 1967, he has been a professor at Humber College and also a faculty member of the Humber School for Writers. He has appeared in Unfolding the Butterfly, a full-length bio-documentary by Michael Glassbourg, and was recently a host on the co-produced China-Canada film In Search of Confucius. His novels The Jade Peony and Paper Shadows have won several awards. Wayson Choy, and his book All that Matters was short listed for the 2004 Giller Prize. Choy passed away in his home on April 27, 2019, at the age of 80.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 7,523 ratings · 561 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Jade Peony 3.72 avg rating — 5,616 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All That Matters 3.91 avg rating — 1,270 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found 3.78 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying 3.71 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food That Really Schmecks by Edna Staebler, Rose Murray (Foreword), Wayson Choy (Introduction) 4.39 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1968 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Yes, yes," Gee Sook said. "Look how Jung stands like a man today.”
― Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony

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“I know I am a writer because until I’m writing I don’t know what I know.”
― Wayson Choy

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“While we played, Meiying often sat by herself on the bench, huddled against the chill, looking at the library books on her lap, the pages glowing under the street lamp. The pages would sometimes turn in the wind, but she did not notice.”
― Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony

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