Joy Kogawa
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Joy Kogawa is a Japanese Canadian author best known for her novel "Obasan," which explores the internment and persecution of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joy Kogawa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2140922 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joy Kogawa Context triple: [Asian American literature, notableAuthor, Joy Kogawa]
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A.
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author renowned for her groundbreaking blend of autobiography, myth, and fiction in works such as "The Woman Warrior" and "China Men."
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B.
Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada is a Japanese-German writer known for her innovative, multilingual literature that explores themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
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C.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author and poet best known for her speculative fiction works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Oryx and Crake."
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D.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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E.
Helen Garner
Helen Garner is an acclaimed Australian novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for her incisive explorations of everyday life, relationships, and moral complexity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joy Kogawa Target entity description: Joy Kogawa is a Japanese Canadian author best known for her novel "Obasan," which explores the internment and persecution of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
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A.
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author renowned for her groundbreaking blend of autobiography, myth, and fiction in works such as "The Woman Warrior" and "China Men."
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B.
Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada is a Japanese-German writer known for her innovative, multilingual literature that explores themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.
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C.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a renowned Canadian author and poet best known for her speculative fiction works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Oryx and Crake."
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D.
Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet best known for his Booker Prize–winning novel "The English Patient."
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E.
Helen Garner
Helen Garner is an acclaimed Australian novelist, short story writer, and journalist known for her incisive explorations of everyday life, relationships, and moral complexity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian author
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Japanese Canadian ⓘ children's writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature
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surface form:
Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
Marian Engel Award ⓘ Order of British Columbia ⓘ Order of Canada ⓘ |
| basedOn | her family's experience of Japanese Canadian internment ⓘ |
| birthName | Joy Nozomi Nakayama ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-06-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Alberta
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University of Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese Canadian ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Naomi's Road (opera) ⓘ |
| hasWorkInGenre | autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
Asian Canadian
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surface form:
Asian Canadian writers
Canadian multicultural literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Asian Canadian literature
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Canadian literature ⓘ |
| name | Joy Kogawa self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting the internment and persecution of Japanese Canadians during World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gently to Nagasaki
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Itsuka ⓘ Naomi's Road ⓘ Obasan ⓘ |
| occupation |
children's author
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Vancouver
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surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
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| residence |
Toronto
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surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vancouver ⓘ
surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
| subjectOf | Japanese Canadian internment ⓘ |
| writingTheme |
Japanese Canadian history
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World War II ⓘ displacement ⓘ internment of Japanese Canadians ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joy Kogawa Description of subject: Joy Kogawa is a Japanese Canadian author best known for her novel "Obasan," which explores the internment and persecution of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.