Authors

Canadian literary authors have attained much acclaim both internationally and at home. Canadian authors from the Asian diaspora, whether born in Canada as were Wayson Choy, and Kerri Sakamoto, or abroad, as were Rohinton Mistry, Shyam Selvadurai and many others, are amongst the most successful. This section will highlight writers of literary works published in English, with an emphasis on works that won prizes or honours, with a special emphasis on those that are available in the Toronto Metropolitan University Library collection.

Inclusion in this site is not restricted to authors with Canadian citizenship. It includes authors born in Canada, and others who have resided or currently reside in Canada. This explains the inclusion of the American writer Bharati Mukherjee who taught at McGill University in Montreal for fourteen years, and Samuel Selvon who is regarded as an Indo-Caribbean writer who moved to Canada in 1978. All of the authors have an ancestral heritage in an Asian country.

Asia is interpreted in its broad sense to include the entire continent that extends from Europe and Africa to the Pacific Ocean, including Siberia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia (excluding Papua). This includes the geographic areas known as Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East (also known as West Asia or Southwest Asia) and the Orient.

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