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Miné Okubo
Miné Okubo (first name pronounced MEE-NEH; February 10, 1912 – June 27, 2001) was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book ''Citizen 13660'', a collection of 189 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Okubo and her brother were interned to Tanforan Assembly Center and then the Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942 to 1944. There she made over 2000 drawings and sketches of daily life in the camps, many of which were included in her book. After her release Okubo relocated to New York to continue her career as an artist, earning numerous awards and recognitions.
==Early life==
Born in Riverside, California, Miné Okubo attended Poly High School, Riverside Junior College, and later received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, class of 1938.〔 A recipient of the Bertha Taussig Memorial Traveling Fellowship in 1938, Okubo spent two years traveling in France and Italy where she continued her development as an artist. While in Paris, she studied under the famous early 20th century avant-garde painter Fernand Léger.〔
From 1939 to 1942, following her return to American from Europe, Okubo created several murals under commission by the Federal Art Project. She was also commissioned by the United States Army to create mosaic and fresco murals. She collaborated with the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in San Francisco for the Works Progress Administration.〔 Prior to the order for internment, while living in Berkeley, CA, Miné had been creating mosaics for Fort Ord and the Servicemen's Hospitality House in Oakland, CA. Miné obtained a special permit, an exemption to the 5-mile travel limit from home, necessary to perform her work in Oakland.〔
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