Klee Wyck Author:Emily Carr The Indians of British Columbia called Emily Carr Klee Wyck, "Laughing One," when she went among them to paint their totems and villages. The affinity she felt for these people is reflected in anecdotes full of humor, pathos, and warm understanding. — Emily Carr was an unusually gifted woman; she gained renown not only for her ... more »magnificent paintings but for her extraordinarily vivid and imaginative writing. Her first book, Klee Wyck, written when she was forced by failing health to curtail her sketching activities, was an instant success when it was published in 1941 and won the Governor-General's award for general literature for that year. It has been aptly named a Canadian classic.« less