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,11X:^AN0ELES.、一 The third a n nuaレ-American Japan e sざ 、Ndtion(blLitぉaryAwarcT,1 be presented to thfrwinnさr of this "ar's fe的t shor纟s汐ry eりtry at the Miss Sansei dd"鐘 fornkJ Pag印nttp b eh eld at! the Beverly柳toわHotelon Saturday, July18, it was gn-noimoed recently by a war さ chair'personFredlshlrnoto.
The198) nat'ional,rcjry a—rd willbe printed1<? 'the writer of thls,yecir'sfln的t 、hbrt stoiV refjlがtWe of the Jひpanさsさ.ejoperierices1["the Americas. Th'e winner Willbき the rぉ,nt of a冬1加0ojsh prize arid a beauUfulperpetu-dltrophy whrch willbe pre-se、ntedゎyInternatibhcjlly fe-nown author Jdmes Qav,U, saidlshlrhoto, 、
The prestigious Amerk:an JapanBse National"tさrciry Aw6rci was..- establishedIn 1979 • by Clovel,the author of thS best-selling novel ''Sh<DgUn'' and executive producer of the hiqMy rated
'邻ogun'' mini-series on NBC last year.'
Writer James CIoveilwill be ivisiting Toronto to ,m^t Jap加e紐C加odUih ioumc^ lists iniMoy.
れwas out of a strong feeling for Japanese that; Clavell donated •ぉ0,'000 toき ablis!7 the AjMLA With the pリrif^ose of rn9t1voting and developing th, writing talent of Anaerlcans of Japanese ancestry to help document qnd preserve a )iving Japanese Am^ican history^
"Because I am q' writer and becauseにhave benefited greatly from my dssodatl(jn VvitぉJapanese anc^ Japanese
Photかjou^n。Hst Sansei i),coines
wfth Pulitzer
NEW YORK. — The pre; stigiousPuUizer Piize for feature photogrcfphy hqs been aWarc(ed to Tarp AA. Yama$ald 0ずthe6etrolt Free Press for his p ho (to-journalism on conditions inside Jackson Statも Prison in AMchigan.
Yamasaki's award was based on an invesUgation in which he found that prison inmates c cmled knWes, had access to drugs and frightened corrections officials out of enforcing prison regulations. HisInquiry resulted in a weel<-long serieslast Decern, ber.
During his ,nvestigaUon, Yamasald, the 35-year olcf son
y^mericcms, establishing this award Is my way of repaying the commひhity," said Clavell.
The dwardfoimcfer is si/c^ fX)rtlve ofth,conceipt tliat the entries' vvリl'pro\^kie a sjtartln^ point i^orlihe docu, mentation of ah is to ry of Japqnese Amerlodns. "The hlst6ry tofNlぼ—1ち.Ahnc?i1cc1 Is dnerldiIn culture, dnckex-perlsnces. However,:かerさゝis I!ttle tirpeleft tpceijbjure tiie stori" ofrtie,rty years* The 'lss'eicjncl mpny of the Nisei
younger Japanese A rper leans will have to document the. eゃさrien(ces c?f th"r parents and grcm浙arentダ.I h印e this awarbl wiひInsfpむe them to s胡k 6ut these experiences frortith阜ir ejd专rs beforeIt is todlate. The Niseifiaveゝtheir own expfences to write and make 。n important contribution to JcI panesきAmerican history," e>cpl。ined Cldvさll.
The folioing rules have been establUhecT for the American Jひpqれese Motional Literary Award:
—Allentries mustゎe りrlginalGnd not pr矽iously published《aletter from 6ach entrant stating the workIs originaldncT unpublished TTiust accompany each entry).
"entries sbould inc6r, 'p or cite some aspect of the ぉpcmese American Experience. (Experiences Japanese in Canada and South American countries are also eligible).
ュ> 、 Allゃntr〖es should e:;?-hibit both the 'plot cmd char。cter develofoment of shぉ s〖ory — c/i^ity of tlierpe, thdracteilza.tlon in打ction pr6se. (Allentriさs mystやさ written in the Englishlanguage.)
AU entries mu$tbe】ess
than 5000 words in
一EligHbimyforeompetiU-on islimited to persems with cjtleast one parentりf Japanese ant "try; Theてorttest, otlierwヒe,Is印erv to allpier-so"s fegardless of age or "amateui7profcissi6nar' status.
ーA11ノ entries shallbe retained by the)^merican Japanese Matt o no 1 literary Aw or4 foundation to be used by the foundation for documentaticm, history, anthology and public-atIon or any other use beneficial to support the purねOSes of the AJNLA foundation committee. Any monetary net profits received by AJNLA jprom the publication of any entry shqllbe shared'by the writer of the entry and化e AJNLA. The AJNLA,s share shallbe used to continue the work of the award.
The writer may seek a
"1/b Usher for h U/her own entry, ,n this event, the v/rlter shallマetcUn thetotalor mount paid by the pub"sher.
Ent"es willbe judg^ by ct pcjnpi'of一distinguisfled writers. The decIs J op of " AJNLA committeean(;riudg的wijl'bき
AU entれ的must be post-markedn6later thart5、p.m" AAonday, Jリne15^198〖.All entrl的must be 6c com pan Jed by a self - addressed,さt dm p'ecI envelope. Entcants shouldInclude thek fuU name, address, 。nd telephone nuynbejv
Allentries should be mqiレ
ed to: American Joparwe NationalUUrtxiry Awdrd, c/o Shiplゃ"Ish in no to, Suite 210, 8721Sunset Blvd" tos Angeles, CA 90069.
AJNLA corinpetlUorv is dosed to m em be" ofthecomrplt-tee, judges and theirlmmes didterSla"ves,
An,tidop^n^ーt Org on foにCciii^,onrofJ&p鄉fic亂QH9h1
VOL. 45 — NO. 34
TUESDAY, A A AY 5thに1981
to RON TO, ONT-
F謹謹謹画画纖画 Confab slated Mexico City, July 22-29
TORONTO, tematlonal:
-Tfieftrst;ln,
Nil I eke! Conference will be helcl !n Mexico City—on July 22 to 29, A conference to ex-dicmge ideds, JI earn aboDt eachother and to o|i>en corrv munic。tion Hines willinclude
Nikkeifrohr) n couhtriさs.
The conferenceIs set with 3 days f6r the business session of the conference and extra days for sports tournaments, ond shopping arid touけng雄onsored by the Niikkei cゥnrirhunity of Mexic6.
〃Jap GoHomさ"signs ondracist vandalismh"s Nisei prof offke
on GAGo.
LocalJ Ad
Cha(pte「 President John Tcmi ^joJDressi&cl Ms dismaylast monthひpQn ーrゃlng aヮ cmtt-Japaneさe vandalisni incident thdt took place dt the Univ. of Chicago lon Feb. 6. The iincident^invo;i\/ec[。N|lkkei ipr9fさss0r's office, which \vas r6nsqoked,ぉt aftre qnd de-
v/ihnerhasbi9 fiiturepkins
BOSTON — Toshih沐oSelco of Japcm, <3 speecj mefchant wiかphysicalてendlurance to bum, op pears r e defy for an alレout shot al;b&oniing the fastest marathpn r"nri6〔ori record after his Boston Marathon victory recently, bui his (iockh may ha>/e other 1^1cms ■ for tt^e im—diqte future.
Seko> 24, avenged one— of his rare clefeciれand ended Billヌodgers do m in titlon of the Bo St or» race. He shaved one second off the U.S. distance ;Jdnれcourse record in winning the 85th annuo1run in two hours, nine minutes, 26 seconds.
Two years ago, the Jopa-nese sensation pressed
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f ace cI with swcist'Ik as and the sUji^, ''JapGoHome."
Although Cfuthofities are unsure of thQ vqr)daVs mQtivゃs, the professor (who reqCzested ar|onymltylto id the St. Louis GlobeiDemocrcrtthcit he believes the attache on his cam-pリs office resulted from the groresenfn)らnt agcUnst Jap)cmese products andJopa-riese Aqiきricans, wMch int"rn, i$ attrriDutecl to the fr"strqtion pver the state of the U.S. ecdiv omy.
TanV said he has a holeam-ed of si rnilorInddjentsocqurr; ina aVComeれLlnlv6rsitYIn NeW York cmd Weslpy加 University inGeorgki.
"Theses racUt - attacks qre alarmingInlight of thefe-hewed vーr . of moy抓ents sud) qs theXiiKlux tjCUm加d the l^dzlParty," he added.
However, the Chicago JACL 80ore J coiT»rp endedリnlv. of Chlc。ao's President Hcmiia Gray, who expressed his cortcem over the implications of the incident and sa,dtfiat "nothing can diminish the pain of the experience."
The board also canedひpon uniyersitles to 'Vespond publicly to these racist ottackV' since these institutions me "symbols of enlightenment 《wh'lch makes themIdeal
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Youth 。ctlvities,ladiei^ cicti-vUi伊s, and p fasfriorvshowofe planned. They v^ant active parti dp qU on of youth, so tHat aきodal,educationdlr cmd culturalexchange can be made. The goalistaestabliiト a permanentlirrlc沐at will unite the iNikkeぉIn the Americas. "
As part of the conference and arlUjra!狄chqnge, attendees wれt fee sefi)tn^:itedInto grot/pscmdwn! beiDvltecl into thきdifferent homes of the AAexkan Nikkei families for Gunner, so^iaUzing ape I getting to' kfi6w each otもer. All U;nche$, the We!come sodal arid theSayonara Ball of the cohfererKewUlbe hosted by thfr Mexican Nikkei.
The business sessionwijl be divided int6 2 sections:
(oi Generalにhis to rled1ond informationdl-for every on d attending,
(も)Wo〖kshop - p加el sessions involving business, science technical,ぉucati9n, political,aかicuKure, mqnp» fcrcturing, commefcS, religion' socialにetc
Artyonewisliingto go and to participate:In the —fer-ence, i>iecis& contact • G的rさe ImaHn Toronto or you/*】oo6l NAJC; JCOA^ CulturalCentre, Church or Rie"gtous grou|3, etc.
Anyone wUh,ng to moke a presentation for a pone! session please send your topfc加d subject to George Imalin Toronto as soon as possible. (59 Coむns Av$,, Toronto, Ont. M礼1X4)
Costs o〖transportation and occommodation are to be borne by the individualparticipant or thelocal organト z at ions.