Emily Carr

Klee Wyck is an autobiographical work by artist Emily Carr. Published in 1941, the book describes, through short sketches, the artist's experiences among First Nations people and culture on British Columbia's west coast. The book won the 1941 Governor General's Award and occupies an important place in Canadian …

Collected from Emily Carr’s private and public writings, these previously unpublished pieces reveal the outspoken artist at her most forthright. Expurgated sections from Carr’s journals detail her anguished meditations on her spiritual mission, musings about Native culture and the white community’s reaction to it, and …