Accomplishments
- Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
- Winner of the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
- Shortlisted for the 2001 Governor General's Award for Fiction
- Winner of the 2001-2003 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
- Shortlisted for Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award
- First Canadian to represent the Washington Arts Commission
- His short story "The Facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios" was the winner of the 1991 Journey Prize
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