Hisaye Yamamoto

Birthday: August 23, 1921

Death: January 30, 2011

Hisaye Yamamoto (山本 久枝; August 23, 1921 – January 30, 2011) was an American author known for the short story collection Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories, first published in 1988. Her work confronts issues of the Japanese immigrant experience in America, the disconnect between first and second-generation immigrants, as well as the difficult role of women in society.