Yamamoto, Hisaye

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Yamamoto, Hisaye
Other forms of name
DeSoto, Hisaye Yamamoto
Date of birth
1921-08-23
Date of death
2011-01-30
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 20485468
Wikidata: Q5772467
Library of congress: n 88652170
HAI10: 000304029
Sources of Information
  • nuc88-88697: Author's Seventeen syllables, 1985(hdg. on CSf rept.: Yamamoto, Hisaye; usage: Hisaye Yamamoto)
  • Her Seventeen syllables and other stories, c1988:t.p. (Hisaye Yamamoto) t.p. verso (copr. Hisaye Yamamoto DeSoto) p. 137 (b. 1921 in Calif.; md. Anthony DeSoto)
  • Los Angeles times WWW site, Feb. 14, 2011(in obituary dated Feb. 13, 2011: Hisaye Yamamoto; b. Aug. 23, 1921, Redondo Beach [Calif.]; d. Jan. 30 [2011], Los Angeles; author of short stories and essays)

Wikipedia description:

Hisaye Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本 久枝, August 23, 1921 – January 30, 2011) was an American author known for the short story collection Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories, first published in 1988. Her work confronts issues of the Japanese immigrant experience in America, the disconnect between first and second-generation immigrants, as well as the difficult role of women in society.

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