Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is a renowned author and memoirist, born in 1934 in Inglewood, California. Her most famous work, Farewell to Manzanar, recounts her experience as a Japanese American internee during World War II. Houston has also written Beyond Manzanar and Other Views of Asian-American Womanhood (1985) and Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1984). Her works have become a powerful testament to the struggles of Japanese Americans during the war.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 26, 1934
Birth Place Inglewood, CA
Age 89 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Libra

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

Famous for her 1973 memoir Farewell to Manzanar, which describes her time as a prisoner of a World War II-era internment camp for Japanese Americans, Houston is also notable for her later works Beyond Manzanar and Other Views of Asian-American Womanhood (1985) and Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1984).

Before Fame

After graduating from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, she entered the journalism and sociology programs at San Jose State University.

Trivia

In 2002, her bestselling autobiographical work became part of the curriculum at close to 9,000 California schools.

Family Life

The youngest of ten children, she was born in Inglewood, California, to Japanese immigrants Ko and Misa Wakatsuki. Her marriage to her Future Farewell to Manzanar co-author, James D. Houston, produced children named Joshua, Corinne, and Gabrielle.

Associated With

The 1976 television movie adaptation of her memoir stars Japanese American actor Yuki Shimoda.

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