Lois-Ann Yamanaka
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 63 |
Date of birth | September 7,1961 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Moloka‘i |
Hawaii | |
United States | |
Parents | Harry |
Job | Poet |
Novelist | |
Education | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
Awards | American Book Award |
Pushcart Prize | |
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction | |
Books | Blu's Hanging |
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers | |
Saturday night at the Pahala Theatre | |
Name Me Nobody | |
Nominations | Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult |
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ID | 2874109 |
Lois-Ann Yamanaka Life story
Lois-Ann Yamanaka is an American poet and novelist from Hawaiʻi. Many of her literary works are written in Hawaiian Pidgin, and some of her writing has dealt with controversial ethnic issues. In particular, her works confront themes of Asian American families and the local culture of Hawaiʻi.