Joy Kogawa was born in 1935 in Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War II, her family was relocated to Slocan, British Columbia and later to Coaldale, Alberta, along with other Japanese Canadians. She attended the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto and has worked with the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Kogawa is a Member of the Order of Canada and lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Books by Joy Kogawa

	1967 The Splintered Moon
	1968 A Poem
	1974 A Choice of Dreams
	1977 Jericho Road
	1980 Six Poems
	1981 Obasan The internment and dispersal of Japanese Canadians during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a five-year-old girl.
	1985 Woman in the Woods
	1986 Naomi's Road
	1992 Itsuka (see Emily Kato)
	1995 The Rain Ascends
	2000 A Song of Lilith
	2003 A Garden of Anchors
	2005 Emily Kato (rewrite of Itsuka)
	2008 Naomi's Tree
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1981 – Obasan – Winner

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 1996 – The Rain Ascends – Shortlisted

• Golden Oak Award
  • 2009 – Naomi's Tree – Shortlisted

• Order of Canada
  • 1986 – Member

Links

• Official site

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Added 13 November 2005.
Updated 06 April 2014.