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Karen Tei Yamashita ((日本語:山下てい), Born January 8, 1951 in Oakland, California) is a Japanese-American writer. She is an Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American literature. Her works, several of which contain elements of magic realism, include novels ''I Hotel'' (2010), ''Circle K Cycles'' (2001), ''Tropic of Orange'' (1997), ''Brazil-Maru'' (1992), and ''Through the Arc of the Rain Forest'' (1990). Tei Yamashita's novels emphasize the necessity of polyglot, multicultural communities in an increasingly globalized age, even as they destabilize orthodox notions of borders and national/ethnic identity. She has also written a number of plays, including ''Hannah Kusoh,'' ''Noh Bozos'' and ''O-Men'' which was produced by the Asian American theatre group, East West Players.〔(Production history ) at East West Players〕 Yamashita was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award.〔http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010_f_yamashita.html〕 In 2011 she was named a Fellow of United States Artists.〔( United States Artists Official Website )〕 == Selected writings == * ''Through the Arc of the Rain Forest'' (1990) * ''Brazil-Maru'' (1992) * ''Tropic of Orange'' (1997) * ''Circle K Cycles'' (2001) * ''I Hotel'' (2010) * ''Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance'', edited with an afterword by Stephen Hong Sohn (2014) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Tei Yamashita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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