Seattle-born author of Nisei Daughter, the first published autobiography written by a Nisei woman, and Ohio clinical psychologist. Monica Itoi Sone’s (1919–2011) sensitive, often humorous book, notable for its lack of bitterness, explored the themes of cultural identity, assimilation, racism and intergenerational conflict in the Seattle Japanese American community and at the U.S. government camp Minidoka.
Educator and author of books on Japanese Americans in Hawai’i.
Versatile Nisei performer and literary artist who made her mark in mainstream circles in New York during the postwar era.
Mexican playwright, actress and literary theatre critic
Mexican researcher, professor, essayist and literary critic
Mexican writer and photographer
Mexican writer and journalist
Argentine researcher and writer
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–92) was an award-winning writer of children’s books, all of which are based on aspects of Japanese and Japanese American history and culture.
Ethel Ray Nance was an African American activist and writer. During the 1920s, she broke various racial and gender barriers in Minnesota, participated in the Harlem Renaissance movement, worked as a secretary for the National Urban League, and contributed to Opportunity magazine.