Sylvia Watanabe
Sylvia Watanabe is an American writer of
PEN Faulkner Award.[1] In, "Change and Tragedy in a Hawaiian Village," it was reviewed by R.A. Sasaki in the September 6, 1992, San Francisco Chronicle, regarding the tensions between culture and tradition and change and modernization.[2]
She has also received an
Arts Council grant. Watanabe's writings have also appeared in numerous anthologies, including those for the O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize
.
Watanabe is also noted for her work on
Asian American fiction. Along with the late publisher Carol Bruchac,[3] she co-edited two volumes of Asian American fiction titled Home to Stay and Into the Fire. She was an assistant professor in creative writing at Oberlin College, promoted to professor for the 2015-2016 academic year, but has since retired.[4]
Personal
Watanabe was born in
SUNY Binghamton in 1985. Her husband, William Osborne, taught in Michigan.[5]
External sources
- [1] Michigan Writers Series, Sylvia Watanabe, Audio interview March 16, 2001
References
- ^ PEN/Faulkner Award Winners and Finalists, Fiction Award Winners, 1993. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Companion to Literature, Facts on File to the American Short Story, Semantic Scholar, Abby H.A. and James P. Werlock, 2000. Access-date March 12, 2021.
- Saratogian, March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Administration Congratulates 8 Newly Promoted Professors, Oberlin College, Communications Staff, March 31, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-313-32229-7.
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