Violet Kazue de Christoforo
Poet and activist Violet Kazue Yamane Matsuda de Cristoforo (1917-2007) wrote, translated, and compiled Japanese language haiku poetry composed by Japanese immigrants and Kibei.
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Chiye Mori
Loretta Chiye Mori was a poet and journalist who contributed regular columns and articles to numerous Southern California Japanese American publications.
Janice Mirikitani
Award-winning poet, dancer, activist and educator Janice Mirikitani (1942–2021) was internationally known and respected for her life-long commitment to addressing the horrors of war and for advocating against institutional racism and the enslavement of women and the poor.
Momoko Iko
Playwright and writer Momoko Iko (1940-2020) was the author of several acclaimed plays as well as prose, poetry, and fiction.
Dr Yolanda Zamora
Mexican writer and journalist
Wakako Yamauchi
Distinguished playwright, short-story writer, poet and painter.
Toyo Suyemoto
Nisei inmate, librarian, poet, and memoirist.
Mitsuye Yamada
Acclaimed poet, feminist writer, and human rights activist. Much of Yamada’s work draws on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Ida Lee
Ida Lee was an historical geographer who wrote several books on maritime exploration in the Pacific.
Adriana Ventura
Mexican poet and essayist