Yoshiko Uchida
Yoshiko Uchida | |
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| Born | November 24, 1921 Alameda, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 21, 1992 (aged 70) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | fiction, folktales, nonfiction, autobiography |
| Literary movement | Folk Art Movement |
| Notable works | The Invisible Thread |
| Relatives | Michiko Kakutani (niece) |
Yoshiko Uchida (November 24, 1921 – June 21, 1992) was a Japanese American writer of children's books intended to share Japanese and Japanese-American history and culture with Japanese American children. She is most known for her series of books, starting with Journey to Topaz (1971) that took place during the era of the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. She also authored an adult memoir centering on her and her family's wartime internment (Desert Exile, 1982), a young adult version of her life story (Invisible Thread, 1991), and a novel centering on a Japanese American family (Picture Bride, 1987).