Elizabeth Katayama | |
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![]() Elizabeth Katayama, from a 1947 Australian newspaper. | |
Born | Elizabeth Colina McDonald 9 October 1912 Sydney, Australia |
Died | 4 September 1998 Sydney, Australia | (aged 85)
Pen name | Elizabeth Kata |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1959–1989 |
Spouse | Shinshiro Katayama |
Elizabeth Colina Katayama (nee McDonald; 9 October 1912 – 4 September 1998) was an Australian writer known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961), made into the award-winning film A Patch of Blue (1965).[1]