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Hisaye Yamamoto

Born

in Redondo Beach, California, The United States

August 21, 1921

Died

January 30, 2011

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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.

Hisaye Yamamoto received acclaim for her work almost from the very beginning of her career. She was, as King-Kok Cheung noted, “one of the first Japanese American writers to gain national recognition after the war, when anti-Japanese sentiment was still rampant.” Although she herself resisted being rigidly characterized as a voice for Japanese or Asian groups (“ ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 1,044 ratings · 99 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamamoto, King-Kok Cheung (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction by Jessica Hagedorn (Editor), Meena Alexander, Hisaye Yamamoto 3.98 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World by Jessica Hagedorn (Introduction), Christina Chiu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Ho Davies (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Miss Sasagawara 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chauvinist and Other Stories by Toshio Mori, Hisaye Yamamoto (Introduction) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yoneko's Earthquake: The Collected Short Stories of Hisaya Yamamoto 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Immigrant Stories by Hisaye Yamamoto (Contributor), John Steinbeck (Contributor), Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brown House 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	" Seventeen syllables"; edited and with an introduction by King-Kok Cheung 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventeen syllables: 5 stories of Japanese American life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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