TORONTO – Austin Clarke, an award-winning author sometimes called “Canada’s first multicultural writer,” has died.
The Barbadian-born writer won the coveted Giller Prize in 2002, for his book “The Polished Hoe.”
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At that point in his career, he had already written 10 novels and five short-story collections.
His latest book, a memoir called “Membering,” was published last year.
In it, he wrote about moving to Toronto for university in 1955, and spending time in Harlem in the ’60s.
His publicist Denise Bukowski says Clarke died in hospital early Sunday morning, and a funeral service has been scheduled for July 9.
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