Winnifred Eaton (writer) - Wikipedia
WEBWinnifred 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.
The Winnifred Eaton Archive
WEBWinnifred Eaton was a popular early Asian North American author, journalist, screenwriter and playwright whose best known works were published under the pen-name “Onoto Watanna,” a controversial persona that she assumed for over two decades. She was also the sister of Edith Eaton (“Sui Sin Far”).
Winnifred Eaton (Onoto Watanna) | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBJul 18, 2016 · Winnifred Eaton achieved literary fame under the pseudonym Onoto Watanna. She was the first person of Asian descent to publish a novel in the United States — Miss Numè of Japan (1899) — and to reach a mainstream audience.
Biographical Timeline - Winnifred Eaton Archive
WEBA poem “Sneer Not,” by Winnifred Eaton, published in Gall’s Daily News Letter, in March. Winnifred leaves Jamaica, goes to Boston, via the “Barnstable” in early April. Her father Edward is arrested in New York State in June for smuggling Chinese into the US and he is put in Plattsburgh, NY, prison; he and his accomplice escape and he ...
Winnifred Eaton - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBNov 23, 2021 · Winnifred Eaton Babcock Reeve (b. 1875–d. 1954) was a Chinese North American author best known for fiction published under the faux-Japanese penname “Onoto Watanna.” In her forty-year career, Eaton published nineteen novels, many of which were critically acclaimed and translated into many languages.
Winnifred Eaton – Women Film Pioneers Project
WEBWinnifred Eaton is best known for her success as a novelist under the pseudo-Japanese pen name Onoto Watanna, but she also worked as a screenwriter, title writer, literary advisor, and scenario editor for Universal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1921 and 1930, and wrote a number of poignant articles on both the profession of the Hollywood ...
Me: A Book of Remembrance (Part 1) - Winnifred Eaton Archive
WEBMe: A Book of Remembrance. This instalment includes themes and depictions of racial slurs, racism, internalized racism, sexual harrassment, sexual assault, victim blaming, and attempted sexual assault. The writing of this book seems to me one of the most astounding literary feats I have ever known. It is one hundred thousand words long; it was ...