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.
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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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