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Paul Yee was born on 1 October, 1956 in Spalding, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a Chinese-Canadian historian and writer (born 1956). Discover Paul Yee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 1 October 1956
Birthday 1 October
Birthplace Spalding, Saskatchewan, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1956

Paul Yee (born 1 October 1956) is a Chinese-Canadian historian and writer.

Paul Yee was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan in 1956 but was raised in Chinatown, Vancouver by his aunt Lilian.

He describes himself as feeling "caught between two worlds" growing up, and many of his works about Chinese-Canadians reflect this tension.

He attended Lord Strathcona Elementary School and Britannia Secondary School in Vancouver.

Paul Yee obtained a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Canadian History from the University of British Columbia.

1960

He addresses the question of why he writes about Chinese-Canadians on his website, stating: "When I was a child, growing up in the 1960s, there were no books about my world--the world of immigrants, racial minorities, and different histories. I had to learn about these things much later in life... My books mirror images of Chinese people back to themselves. Such books can reassure those in North America that it is valid to be different from the 'mainstream.' As well, the books let Chinese in North America see themselves, and each other, from new and different angles."

Yee now resides in Toronto and writes full-time.

Three recently published monographs have featured chapters on Yee's publications; these include: Dr. John Z. Ming Chen's The Influence of Daoism on Asian-Canadian Writers

1974

Yee has volunteered at the Vancouver Chinese Cultural Center (1974-1987) and worked as an archivist at the City of Vancouver Archives (1979-1987) and at the Archives of Ontario (1988-1991).

1983

And Other Stories'' and illustrated by Sky Lee, was published in 1983 by James Lorimer & Company.

He has stated that his career as a writer is "a fluke" as it was Lorimer that approached Yee, wanting a knowledgeable person to create a book set in Vancouver's Chinatown neighborhood.

Since then, he has published over twenty-five distinct works - including children's books, young adult books, short stories, and non-fiction books for adults.

1991

He also worked at the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship (1991-1997).

Paul Yee's first book, titled ''Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter!

1996

He is the author of many books for children, including Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter, The Curses of Third Uncle, Dead Man's Gold, and Ghost Train—winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for English language children's literature.

2001

One of his books for children, Ghost Train, was adapted as a play by Betty Quan and performed by the Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto in 2001.

2008

(Mellen, 2008), prefaced by Dr. Yuhua Ji; Dr. John Z. Ming Chen's and Dr. Wei Li's A Study of Canadian Social Realist Literature: Neo-Marxist, Confucian, and Daoist Approaches (Inner Mongolia University Press, 2011); and Dr. John Z. Ming Chen's and Dr. Yuhua Ji's Canadian-Daoist Poetics, Ethics, and Aesthetics (Springer, 2015).

He is out as gay.

Picture books:

Middle grade & young adult:

Adult:

For Ghost Train:

For Dead Man's Gold:

2010

Yee's first original play, Jade in the Coal, premiered at the Frederic Wood Theatre in Vancouver on November 25, 2010.

2011

In 2011, he created a poem to accompany the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra's performance of an original composition by Jin Zhang.

The piece was translated from English to Chinese and performed in both languages by Tommy Tao.

Yee writes primarily about the Chinese-Canadian experience, both historically and presently.

2012

In 2012, the Writers' Trust of Canada awarded Paul Yee the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in recognition of having "contributed uniquely and powerfully to our literary landscape over a writing career that spans almost 30 years".