Allen Say

Allen Say
Allen Say
	Allen Say at the 2016 Berlin International Literature Festival
Native name	清井
Born	James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii; August 28, 1937; Yokohama, Japan
Occupation	Writer, illustrator
Language	English
Alma mater	Aoyama Gakuin; Chouinard Art Institute; Los Angeles Art Center; University of California, Berkeley; San Francisco Art Institute;
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	Grandfather's Journey
Notable awards	ALA Notable Book Award ; 1979 The Ink-Keepers Apprentice ; ; ALA Best Book for Young Adults ; 1979 The Ink-Keepers Apprentice ; ; Horn Book honor list ; 1984 How My Parents Learned to Eat ; ; Christopher Award ; 1985 How My Parents Learned to Eat ; ; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award ; 1988 The Boy of the Three-Year Nap ; ; Caldecott Honor ; 1989 The Boy of the Three-Year Nap ; ; Caldecott Medal ; 1994 Grandfather's Journey ; ;
Spouse	Deidre Myles (m. 1974)
Children	1

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.