Lensey Namioka
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Lensey Namioka (née Chao) (simplified Chinese: 赵来思; traditional Chinese: 趙來思; pinyin: Zhào Láisī or simplified Chinese: 赵莱痕思媚[citation needed]; traditional Chinese: 趙萊痕思媚[citation needed]; pinyin: Zhào Lénsèi; born June 14, 1929) is a Chinese-born American writer of books for young adults and children. She writes about China and Chinese American families, as well as Japan, her husband's native country.
Early life and education[edit]
Lensey Chao attended Radcliffe College and the University of California, Berkeley, where her father was a professor of Asian Studies, to study mathematics. Here she met and married Isaac Namioka, a fellow graduate student who was born in Japan. Namioka ended up earning a bachelor's and a master's degree in math.[1]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Namioka has won many awards for her work. For instance, Ties That Bind, Ties That Break was named one of the American Library Association's 10 Best Books for Young People, and also won the California Young Reader Medal and the Washington State Governor's Writers Award.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
- Japan: Traveler's Companion (1979)
- China: A Traveler's Companion (1985)
- Phantom Tiger Mountain (1986)
- Who's Hu (1988)
- April and the Dragon Lady (1994)
- The Loyal Cat (1995)
- Den of the White Fox (1997)
- The Laziest Boy in the World (1998)
- Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (1999)
- The Hungriest Boy in the World (2001)
- An Ocean Apart, a World Away (2002)
- Half and Half (2003)
- Mismatch (2006)
- Yang Family Series
- Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear (1992)
- Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family (1995)
- Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers (1998)
- Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs (2000)
- Zenta and Matsuzo Mystery
- The Samurai And The Long-Nosed Devils (1976)
- White Serpent Castle (1976)
- Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees (1980)
- The Village Of The Vampire Cat (1981)
- Island of Ogres (1989)
- The Coming of the Bear (1992)
References[edit]
- ^ Wakan, Naomi, Interview with Lensey Namioka, papertigers.org, archived from the original on 2014-11-23, retrieved 2015-01-24.
- ^ "Washington State Book Award Past Winners". Seattle Public Library. 2017-11-01. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
Sources[edit]
- Meet the Author Lensey Namioka, eduplace.com
- Lensey Namioka, goodreads.com
- Biography Lensey Namioka, learner.org
External links[edit]
- Official website archived 2013
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- 1929 births
- 21st-century American women
- American children's writers
- American women children's writers
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Chinese children's writers
- Chinese emigrants to the United States
- Chinese women children's writers
- Living people
- Writers from Beijing
- University of California, Berkeley alumni