Karen Tei Yamashita(born January 8, 1951) is an American writer.
Karen Tei Yamashita | |
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| Born | January 8, 1951 Oakland, California,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Carleton College |
| Notable awards | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters |
Career
editYamashita is Professor of Literature at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz,where she teaches creative writing andAsian American literature.Her works, several of which contain elements ofmagic realism,include novelsI Hotel(2010),Circle K Cycles(2001),Tropic of Orange(1997),Brazil-Maru(1992), andThrough the Arc of the Rain Forest(1990). Yamashita's novels emphasize the necessity of polyglot, multicultural communities in an increasingly globalized age, even as they destabilize orthodox notions of borders and national/ethnic identity.
She has also written a number of plays, includingHannah Kusoh,Noh BozosandO-Menwhich was produced by theAsian American theatregroup,East West Players.[1]
Awards
editIn 2009, Yamashita received the Chancellor's Award for Diversity from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a finalist for the 2010National Book Award.[2]In 2011 she was named a Fellow ofUnited States Artists.[3]In 2013 she was co-appointed withBettina Apthekeras the UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies; a position offered to distinguished members of the university's faculty intended to encourage new or interdisciplinary program development.[4]
Yamashita was named the recipient of the National Book FoundationMedal for Distinguished Contribution to American Lettersin 2021.[5]
Selected writings
edit- Through the Arc of the Rain Forest.(Coffee House Press,1990).
- Brazil-Maru.(Coffee House Press, 1992).
- Tropic of Orange.(Coffee House Press, 1997).
- Circle K Cycles.(Coffee House Press, 2001).
- I Hotel(Coffee House Press, 2010).
- Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance,edited with an afterword by Stephen Hong Sohn. (Coffee House Press, 2014).
- Letters to Memory.(Coffee House Press, 2017).
- Sansei and Sensibility: Stories.(Coffee House Press, 2020).
References
edit- ^Production historyatEast West Players
- ^"Karen Tei Yamashita".
- ^United States Artists Official Website
- ^"Humanities professors awarded UC Presidential Chair".UC Santa Cruz News.RetrievedJanuary 11,2018.
- ^"Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award".Associated Press.September 10, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 10,2021.
External links
edit- Gier, Jean Vengua; Tejeda, Carla Alicia (1998)."An Interview with Karen Tei Yamashita".Jouvert: Journal of Postcolonial Studies.Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2006.RetrievedMarch 29,2006.
- Murashige, Michael."Karen Tei Yamashita".Heath Anthology of American Literature.RetrievedMarch 29,2006.
- "Karen Tei Yamashita"(PDF).Voices from the Gaps.University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy.RetrievedMay 3,2016.
- Includes a list of critical work on the author and additional biographical details
- Cheng, Wendy (2005)."Karen Tei Yamashita: A Twist on the Mix".Loggernaut.RetrievedJuly 3,2006.
- Covella, Linda."UC Santa Cruz Professor Announced as National Book Award Finalist".Santa Cruz Patch.Archived fromthe originalon July 15, 2011.
- Karen Tei Yamashita Papers.MS 465. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Retrieved April 23, 2020.