Paul Yee
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Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian writer.
He is third-generation Canadian and was born in Saskatchewan in 1956 but grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. Yee holds a Master's degree in Canadian history from the University of British Columbia
and worked as archivist at City of Vancouver Archives (1979-1987) and at Archives of Ontario (1988-1991). He is the author of several children's books: Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter and The Curses of Third Uncle as well as Ghost Train — winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for English language children's literature
. Ghost Train was adapted as a play by Betty Quan and performed by the Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto in 2001.
In 1990, he won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize for his collection Tales From Gold Mountain.
His 1988 book Saltwater City is an examination of Vancouver's Chinese-Canadian culture and experience. It won the City of Vancouver Book Award
in 1989.
He is third-generation Canadian and was born in Saskatchewan in 1956 but grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. Yee holds a Master's degree in Canadian history from the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
and worked as archivist at City of Vancouver Archives (1979-1987) and at Archives of Ontario (1988-1991). He is the author of several children's books: Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter and The Curses of Third Uncle as well as Ghost Train — winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for English language children's literature
Governor General's Award for English language children's literature
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for children's literature. An award for juvenile literature existed from 1949 to 1958, and the current award was created in 1987.-Juvenile fiction:*1949: R.S. Lambert, Franklin of the Arctic...
. Ghost Train was adapted as a play by Betty Quan and performed by the Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto in 2001.
In 1990, he won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize for his collection Tales From Gold Mountain.
His 1988 book Saltwater City is an examination of Vancouver's Chinese-Canadian culture and experience. It won the City of Vancouver Book Award
City of Vancouver Book Award
The City of Vancouver Book Award is a Canadian literary award, that has been presented annually by the city of Vancouver, British Columbia to one or more works of literature judged as the year's best fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama work about the city....
in 1989.