Hisaye Yamamoto (August 23, 1921 – January 30, 2011) was a Japanese American author. She is best 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.
Short story author known for works about first and second-generation Japanese in America during WWII. Daughter of immigrant strawberry farmers from Kumamoto, Japan.
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