![]() ![]() When his father decided to move to the United States with his new family, Say was invited to come along. In that time Say came to think of Shinpei as his "spiritual father," as well as a mentor. ![]() ![]() The boy apprenticed himself for many years to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, an experience detailed in his book Drawing from Memory, as well as the basis of his semi-autobiographical novel The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice. At age 12, four years after his parents' divorce, Say went to live with his maternal grandmother, but received her permission a short time later to live alone. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements.Īllen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan on Augto a Japanese American mother (born in San Francisco) and a Korean born father (adopted by British parents and raised in Shanghai). This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. He is best known for Grandfather's Journey, a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for illustration. ![]() Allen Say at the 2016 Berlin International Literature FestivalĪllen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937 surname written Seii ( 清井) in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. ![]()
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