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Roy Miki


Born (1942-10-10) October 10, 1942 (age 81)
Ste. Agathe, Manitoba
OccupationPoet, scholar, editor, and activist
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Manitoba (B.A.)

Simon Fraser University (M.A.)

University of British Columbia (Ph.D.)
Notable awards
  • Gandhi Peace Award (2006)
  • Roy Akira Miki, CM OBC FRSC (born 10 October 1942) is a Canadian poet, scholar, editor, and activist most known for his social and literary work.

    Born in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, Miki grew up on a sugar beet farm before moving to Winnipeg.[1][2][3] His family was forcibly relocated West to Manitoba where he was born in 1942 on said sugar beet farm, and interned during the Second World War.[1] He earned his B.A. from the University of Manitoba, M.A. from the Simon Fraser University, and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.[1][4] Miki taught contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University before retiring and holds the title of professor emeritus.[1] He lives in Vancouver. In the 1980s, Miki was a "instrumental" in fighting for redress from the federal government for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War.[2][4]

    In 2002, Miki's book of poetry, Surrender, won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry.[4] His poetry focuses on questions about identity, citizenship, race, and place.[4] He is the author of the critical study, Broken Entries: Race, Subjectivity, Writing (1998), In Flux: Transnational Shifts in Asian Canadian Writing (2011), The Prepoetics of William Carlos Williams (1983), and an annotated bibliography of the poet and novelist George Bowering (1990).[4]

    In 2006, Miki was made a Member of the Order of Canada and received the 20th annual Gandhi Peace Award for the truth, justice, human rights, and non-violence exemplified in his redress work.[2][5] The same year, he also received the Thakore Visiting Scholar award and the Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy.[6] In 2007, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[4] In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia.[4]

    Works[edit]

    Poetry[edit]

    Critical studies[edit]

    Editor[edit]

    Other[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d "Roy Miki". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  • ^ a b c "Asian Heritage Month". CBC News. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  • ^ "Roy Miki". Ryerson University. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  • ^ a b c d e f g Dobson, Kit (2012–2014). "Roy Akira Miki". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  • ^ Order of Canada citation
  • ^ "Roy Miki". Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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