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View Related Episode: David Castleberry's Colorful Fish, Giles Clement, wet plate photography, Illustrator and Author Allen Say, Painter Alison O'Donoghue

Japanese-born Portland-based children’s book illustrator and author Allen Say’s work has won some of the biggest honors in children’s literature and draws from the artist’s own life. His most recent book, "Drawing From Memory", describes growing up in post-World War II Japan and apprenticing himself to a famous Japanese comic book artist at the age of 12. Say talks about his life and how his autobiography influences his art.

First Broadcast: 2012
Producer: Beth Harrington
Videographer: Greg Bond
Editor: Nicholas Fisher
Audio: Ted Cutler
Audio: Randy Layton

Appeared in episodes: Alex Krebs, Bandoneón, Cappella Romana, Illustrator and Author Allen Say, Metal Sculptor Greg Wilbur, David Castleberry's Colorful Fish, Giles Clement, wet plate photography, Illustrator and Author Allen Say, Painter Alison O'Donoghue


HoughtonMifflinBooks.com/authors/allensay/author — Biographical info about Allen Say by his publisher.
HeritageSource.com/page5/page56 — Japanese book site. Essay by Allen’s daughter about him.
Arts & Life: Illustrations by Allen Say — See some of Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say’s illustrations.
Funding provided by:
Ab_funder_miller Randall Ab_funder_kinsman

Additional Support Provided By:
U.S. Bank
The Jackson Foundation
The Roundhouse Foundation
Fran and John von Schlegell
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