<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJoy Kogawa made her debut as a poet in 1968. Her first collection was called The Splintered Moon<\/em>. In addition, she got a position as a staff writer for the Office of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Most famous work<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn 1981, Joy published her first prose work Obasan<\/em>. It is a semi-autobiographical novel, which has become her most famous work.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKogawa was awarded many national prizes and awards for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Literary Review of Canada called Obasan<\/em> the most important literary work in Canadian history. Later, the author adapted it into a children\u2019s book Naomi\u2019s Road<\/em>. In addition, the book was turned into a 45-minute opera, which was presented, probably, in every elementary school in Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\nResidents of other Canadian cities could enjoy the opera too. It was even presented at the National War Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Important achievement<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEven though Obasan<\/em> is about Japanese and Canadians, it was included in the course of Asian American literature. The reason was the successful “integration of political understanding and literary artistry<\/em>” and “its authentication of a pan-Asian sensibility<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>On the move<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJoy Kogawa has to constantly move from city to city due to her activities and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most often she lives in Vancouver, Ontario and Toronto. It is fair to note that in 2018, she formed the group Yojaros in collaboration with one of the most famous Japanese poets in Vancouver Soramaru Takayama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Another successful project<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nInterestingly, Joy wrote a narrative for a unique augmented reality game developed by the National Film Board of Canada. It was released in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2020, this project won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Video Game Narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photo source: joykogawa.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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