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Chiye Mori

1915–2001

Occupation
poet

Chiye Mori (February 1, 1915 – May 20, 2001) was a Japanese-American poet and journalist who was influential in the Nisei literary community in Los Angeles in the 1930s.

Incarceration history

  1. Manzanar
    Dates unknown

Biography

Chiye Mori (February 1, 1915 – May 20, 2001) was a Japanese-American poet and journalist who was influential in the Nisei literary community in Los Angeles in the 1930s. While incarcerated at Manzanar, Mori was the first female editor of the Manzanar Free Press newspaper.