Joette Hayashigawa
Encyclopedia
Joette Hayashigawa is an American
author
and playwright
. Her works include the Gondell Prize winning play, The Eleventh Anniversary of the Butcher and His Wife. She is also a past winner of the Dana Award
for the Novel.
She lives in Vermont
.
United States
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author
Author
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. Her works include the Gondell Prize winning play, The Eleventh Anniversary of the Butcher and His Wife. She is also a past winner of the Dana Award
Dana Award
The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and the novel. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana. The competition is currently based in Greensboro, North Carolina...
for the Novel.
She lives in Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
.