
Yangsze Choo
Yangsze Choo is a fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent.

(b. 1972) is a writer and journalist. His first book, Pol Pot’s Smile (2006) was a critically acclaimed work of literary nonfiction.
It rendered him instant recognition as one of his generation’s most important writers and sold in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Poland, Italy and Russia. Peter was shortlisted for Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Prize in Sweden, and the Kapuscinski Prize for nonfiction in Poland.
Yangsze Choo is a fourth generation Malaysian of Chinese descent.
was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. He started out as a painter...