Biography & Autobiography Historical
Mothertalk
Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
- Publisher
- NeWest Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1997
- Category
- Historical, Literary
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896300245
- Publish Date
- Oct 1997
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
In 1993 Mary Kiyooka sat with her son Roy Kiyooka, one of Canadas most important avant-garde painters, and a tape recorder and in her native Japanese shared her memories with himher childhood in Japan, her arrival as a married woman in Canada, and her familys experience in Alberta during the Japanese internment period.
About the author
Roy Kiyooka (1926–1994) was a painter, poet, photographer, and arts teacher. A second generation Japanese Canadian, he was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1926, grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and died in Vancouver, B.C. in 1994. He was one of Canada’s first “multi-disciplinary” artists, and the subject of several important exhibitions during his lifetime. His visual artwork included paintings, sculpture, film, and photographs. During his career he taught at a number of universities, including the University of British Columbia. Kiyooka was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1978.
