Wakako Yamauchi

Wakako Yamauchi (October 24, 1924 – August 16, 2018) was a Japanese American writer. Quotes There are only a few stories that I've ever wanted to tell…I wanted to record our lives so they wouldn't be lost. I didn't realize what a responsibility that was. I only wanted to put down a few footprints of our sojourn here, at this time, in this place. On what her writing focus was (as quoted in “Wakako Yamauchi, celebrated Japanese American playwright, dies at 93” in SF Gate (2018 Sep 12) As a woman, I was very much influenced by the Japanese culture. My saving grace is that my mother was an extremely strong woman, a person in her own right; she took no guff from anybody, including white people, and I think that helps… On how her mother influenced her in “Hisaye Yamamoto and Wakako Yamauchi: Interview by King-Kok Cheung” in Words Matter (2000 Jan 3) I write as a person, as a woman, as an Asian American, and, if I fulfill my political obligations in being honest, then great… On not feeling pressured to be political in “Hisaye Yamamoto and Wakako Yamauchi: Interview by King-Kok Cheung” in Words Matter (2000 Jan 3) I am an American writer. I’m not a white American, but I’m writing American stories. On her role as a writer (as quoted in “Memory in Silence: Wakako Yamauchi’s And the Soul Shall Dance and The Music Lessons" in 東京家政大学研究紀要 1 人文社会科学; 2001) External links Category:Japanese Americans Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:1924 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Short story writers from the United States