Joy Kogawa

Canadian poet and novelist · Canada · On the map · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

Joy Nozomi Kogawa is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.

Joy Kogawa is read about 17 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 25 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Also in Deutsch

Awards

American Book Awards1983

Member of the Order of Canada

Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto

Honorary Doctor of Simon Fraser University

Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia

Order of British Columbia

Order of the Rising Sun

Country

Canada