Kogawa, Joy (1935–)
Kogawa, Joy (1935–)
Canadian poet, novelist and children's writer. Born 1935 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; studied at University of Alberta, Toronto Conservatory of Music, and University of Saskatchewan.
Having been placed in an internment camp with family during WWII, wrote the award-winning Obasan (1981), about internment of Japanese in Canada, which she then rewrote for children as Naomi's Road (1986); other writings include The Splintered Moon (1967), A Choice of Dreams (1974), Woman in the Woods (1985), Itsuka (1993), and The Rain Ascends (1995).
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GENRE: Poetry, fiction
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