Wendy Law-Yone (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Wendy Law-Yone is distinctive among American writers for her intimate knowledge of life and politics in Burma (or Myanmar) and for her penetrating psychological portrayal of the travails of Southeast Asian émigrés in America. Born in Mandalay, Burma, she grew up in Rangoon, the capital. Her father, Edward Law-Yone, was a prominent nationalist and the publisher of Burma’s leading English-language newspaper. When General Ne Win staged a military coup in 1962, Edward Law-Yone was imprisoned for six years; after he was freed, he organized guerrilla resistance against the military...
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