Joy Kogawa CM, LL.D., D.Litt., DD.

Awards For Obasan

• Books in Canada — First Novel Award
• Canadian Authors Association — Book of the Year Award
• Periodical Distributors of Canada — Best Paperback Fiction Award
• Before Columbus Foundation — The American Book Award
• American Library Association — Notable Book

Honours

• Member of the Order of Canada, 1986
• Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, University of Lethbridge, 1991
• Fellow of Ryerson Polytechnical University, 1991
• Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, University of Guelph, 1992
• Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Simon Fraser University, 1993
• Urban Alliance Race Relations award, 1994
• Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar award, 1995
• Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa, Knox College, University of Toronto, 1999
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Asian American Studies, 2001
• Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, University of British Columbia, 2001
• The NAJC National Award, National Association of Japanese Canadians, 2001

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