American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1984) Winner
Miné Okubo
ミネ・オクボ
Mine Okubo
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1912-02-27 （Riverside, California, U.S.）
- Died
- 2001-11-10 （Palo Alto, California, U.S.） age 89
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Residence History
- Riverside, California → Berkeley, California (education/early career) → Tanforan Assembly Center (incarceration) → Topaz War Relocation Center (incarceration) → Palo Alto, California (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- artist, writer, illustrator, printmaker
- Active Years
- 1930-2001
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | School of Art | Fine Arts | 学士 | 1930年代 | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
School of Art
/ Fine Arts
Degree:
学士
Period:
1930年代
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | American Book Award | Citizen 13660 | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
American Book Award
Work:
Citizen 13660
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Citizen 13660
1946 graphic novel / memoirA graphic-memoir by Miné Okubo documenting her own experience in Japanese American internment camps. Through drawings and concise narration it depicts transport, daily life, camp infrastructure and procedures, providing a first-hand account of the internment experience during WWII.
internmentJapanese American experiencewar and civil rightsmemory and testimony
Bibliography
- Citizen 13660 (1946)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- documentary visual styleconcise, restrained line workobservational, record-like depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- details of daily lifecamp infrastructure and proceduresbureaucratic symbols such as ID numbers and paperwork
Legacy
Citizen 13660 is regarded as a primary visual testimony of the Japanese American internment during WWII and is widely used in educational contexts (history, women's studies, art). Okubo's illustrated record played an important role in making visible daily life inside camps where photography was restricted.
Trivia
- The title "13660" refers to the identification number assigned to the author.
- The book was first published in 1946 and became an important illustrated record of camp life when photography was restricted.
- Okubo drew on her experiences at the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Topaz War Relocation Center.