Born: 1947, United States
Died: 23 June 2023
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Amy Uyematsu, award-winning poet and high school math teacher, is the author of three collections of poetry, including the most recent, “Stone Bow Prayer” (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). A recipient of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, she also co-edited “Roots: An Asian American Reader,” one of the first anthologies in Asian American studies. She is a sansei (third-generation Japanese) and lives near Los Angeles.