Challenge Faves
Jessica Saiki

Jessica Saiki’s Followers (1)

member photo

Jessica Saiki


Born
in Hilo, Hawaii, The United States
August 29, 1928

Died
February 21, 2014


Jessica was born Keiko Kawasuna in Hilo, Hawaii on August 29, 1928 to a fisherman father, Takichi Kawasuna and a picture bride mother from Japan, Karu Hara. She was given the American name “Jessie” by one of her teachers when she reached school age but preferred “Jessica” and wrote several published books as “Jessica Kawasuna Saiki”.

Jessica is a Nisei, second generation Japanese-American who grew up in the 1930s and 1940s in Hawaii. She moved from Hilo to Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii and at the age of 13 years old, was accepted at Mid Pacific Institute where she graduated in June 1945. She also studied art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and later attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. After World War II, she left Hawaii to ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.43 · 14 ratings · 5 reviews · 4 distinct works
From the Lanai and Other Ha...
3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Once, a Lotus Garden: And O...
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
ハワイ物語―日系米人作家ジェシカ・サイキ短篇集〈2〉 ...
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Once, a lotus garden and ot...
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Decades, Centuries, and Millenia 8 407 Dec 06, 2014 09:46PM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Underread 500 GBBW 3 161 Dec 10, 2014 01:00PM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. * Women of Color 4 386 Dec 15, 2015 01:11PM  
500 Great Books B...: Aubrey's 2016 YoRWoC Reads 74 157 Dec 03, 2016 02:02PM  
Around the World ...: Hawaii 9 378 Dec 29, 2024 01:57AM