Winnifred Eaton (writer)
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Winnifred Eaton (August 21, 1875 – April 8, 1954) was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry.[1] Publishing prolifically under a number of names,[2] most predominantly, the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, she was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English.[3]
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Born | (1875-08-21)August 21, 1875 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | April 8, 1954(1954-04-08) (aged 78) Butte, Montana, USA |
Pen name | Onoto Watanna |
Period | 1899–1932 |
Genre | novelist, screenwriter |
Notable works | Tama (1910) Me, A Book of Remembrance |
Relatives | Edith Maude Eaton, sister |
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