Sally Ito

Sally Ito
Born	1964 (age 59–60) Taber, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	writer, professor
Period	1990s–present

Sally Ito (born 1964) is a Canadian writer, translator, and artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1][2]

Career

Ito was born in 1964 in Taber, Alberta.[3] She grew up in Edmonton and began writing poetry as a teenager.[4] She currently teaches creative writing at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg.[5] Ito is the author of four books of poetry, Frogs in the Rain Barrel (1996), Season of Mercy (1999), Alert to Glory (2011), and Heart's Hydrography (2022). She has also published a collection of short stories called Floating Shore in 1998. She is perhaps best known for her 2018 memoir The Emperor's Orphans about the 4,000 Japanese Canadians who were repatriated to Japan during World War II.[6]

References

1. "Sally Ito". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
2. "Sally Ito". Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
3. "Asian Heritage in Canada". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
4. "Sally Ito". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
5. "Sally Ito". Canadian Mennonite University. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
6. "13 Canadian books to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day". CBC.ca. Retrieved September 1, 2022.