Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written Seii (清井) in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. 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. This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements.
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Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Japan, fiction, Artists, Japanese americans, fiction, Artists, fiction, Japanese Americans, Folklore, Juvenile literature, Picture books, Artists, juvenile literature, Biography, Caricatures and cartoons, Cartoonists, Dreams, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Folklore, japan, Folklore, juvenile literature, Grandparents, fiction, Graphic novels, Homesickness, Illustrators, Japan, Japanese American artistsID Numbers
- OLID: OL24376A
- GoodReads: 121814
- ISNI: 000000038331068X
- Library of Congress Names: n78092884
- VIAF: 268933419
- Wikidata: Q4731868
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4731868
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- James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii
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