Joy Nozomi Kogawa (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent. Born Joy Nozomi Nakayama in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was sent to internment camps in the Slocan and Coaldale, Alberta during World War II. Although the majority of her writing is poetry, her best-known work is "Obasan" (1981), a semi-autobiographical novel. A sequel, "Itsuka" (1992), was rewritten and retitled "Emily Kato" (2005). Wikipedia
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