Roy Miki | |
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| Born | (1942-10-10)10 October 1942 Ste. Agathe, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 5 October 2024(2024-10-05) (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar, editor, and activist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Manitoba (B.A.) Simon Fraser University (M.A.) University of British Columbia (Ph.D.) |
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Roy Akira MikiCM OBC FRSC (10 October 1942 – 5 October 2024) was a Canadian poet, scholar, editor, and activist most known for his social and literary work.
Born inSte. Agathe, Manitoba to second generationJapanese-Canadian parents, Miki grew up on a sugar beet farm before moving toWinnipeg.[1][2][3] His family was forcibly relocated West to Manitoba where he was born in 1942 on said sugar beet farm, andinterned during the Second World War.[1] He earned his B.A. from theUniversity of Manitoba, M.A. from theSimon Fraser University, and Ph.D. from theUniversity of British Columbia.[1][4] Miki taught contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University before retiring and held the title of professor emeritus.[1] He lived inVancouver. In the 1980s, Miki was "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 theGovernor 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 novelistGeorge Bowering (1990).[4]
In 2006, Miki was made a Member of theOrder of Canada and received the 20th annualGandhi 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 theRoyal Society of Canada.[4] In 2009, he was made a Member of theOrder of British Columbia.[4]
Miki died on 5 October 2024, at the age of 82.[7]
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