Mitsuye Yamada (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
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Mitsuye Yasutake Yamada spent most of her formative years in Seattle, Washington, until a few months after the outbreak of World War II, when her family was removed to a concentration camp at Minidoka, Idaho. Her poems in Camp Notes and Other Poems recount this experience. Her need to integrate her art, her beliefs, and her commitment to human rights stems largely from the impact this event had on her.
Yamada earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Art at New York University and a master’s degree in literature at the University of Chicago. She...
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