Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Jeanne Wakatsuki was born in Inglewood, California, on September 26,1934. She is a Nisei (child of a Japanese immigrant) and is the youngest of of four boys and six girls in the Wakatsuki family. After the Pearl Habor attack on December 7, 1941, and President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, Jeanne, who was only seven years old at the time, and her family were imprisoned at Manzanar, an American internment camp during Worl War II. The Wakatsuki spent three years in Manzanar. Later, Jeanne went to San Jose St. College where she studied sociology and journalism. She met her husband James D. Houston there, and they married in 1957. Jeanne has three children.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is an American writer. Her publications are mostly focused on the ethic diversity in the United States. She is best known for her autobiography novel Farewell of Manzanar, co-authored by her husband, in 1972, which describes her own experiences as a Japanese Amarican in World War II internment camp.The novel was adapted into a television movie in 1976. Jeanne has other publications include Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1984) with Paul G. Hensler as co-author, Beyond Manzanar and Other Views of Asian-American Womanhood (1985), and The Legend of Fire Horse Woman. Jeanne is a member of the Writers Guild and Screen Writers Guild. Jeanne received many awards and honors, such as Humanitas Prize, 1976, and Christopher Award, both for screenplay Farewell to Manzanar, award from National Women's Political Caucus, etc...
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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is an American writer. Her publications are mostly focused on the ethic diversity in the United States. She is best known for her autobiography novel Farewell of Manzanar, co-authored by her husband, in 1972, which describes her own experiences as a Japanese Amarican in World War II internment camp.The novel was adapted into a television movie in 1976. Jeanne has other publications include Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1984) with Paul G. Hensler as co-author, Beyond Manzanar and Other Views of Asian-American Womanhood (1985), and The Legend of Fire Horse Woman. Jeanne is a member of the Writers Guild and Screen Writers Guild. Jeanne received many awards and honors, such as Humanitas Prize, 1976, and Christopher Award, both for screenplay Farewell to Manzanar, award from National Women's Political Caucus, etc...
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