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People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind.

Joy Kogawa

The language of her grief is silence. She has learned it well, its idioms, its nuances. Over the years, silence within her small body has grown large and powerful.

Joy Kogawa

Joy Kogawa

Joy Kogawa

Born: June 6, 1935 (age 89)

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

Known for:

Obasan (1981)
Naomi's road (1986)
The rain ascends (1995)
Itsuka (1992)
Naomi's Tree (2008)

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