Winnifred Eaton | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Picture_of_Onoto_Watanna.jpg) Winnifred Eaton c. 1903 | |
| Born | August 21, 1875 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 8, 1954 (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 |
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]
- ^ Diana Birchall, Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton, U of Illinois P, 2001, ISBN 0-252-02607-1, p.4.
- ^ Chapman, Mary; Cole, Jean Lee (March 13, 2022). "Pseudonyms used by Winnifred Eaton". The Winnifred Eaton Archive. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ Birchall, Diana (2005). "Winnifred Eaton (Onoto Watanna)". Asian American Writers – via Gale Cengage.