Bill Hosokawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Hosokawa

American journalist

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 09-Nov-2007

Profession: writer, editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Kumpai Hosokawa (January 30, 1915 – November 9, 2007) was a Japanese American writer and journalist.
While interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, he was the editor of the internment camp's newspaper, The Heart Mountain Sentinel.
After being freed from the camp in 1943, Hosokawa worked as a columnist and editor at The Denver Post for 38 years.
He retired from the newspaper industry in 1992, at the age of 77.Hosokawa was also a prolific author.
His best-selling book Nisei: The Quiet Americans (1969) chronicles the experiences of second-generation Japanese Americans, known as Nisei.
Hosokawa published his final work, Colorado's Japanese Americans: From 1886 to the Present (2005), when he was 90 years old.
His other books include Out of the Frying Pan (1998), Thirty-Five Years in the Frying Pan (1978), Thunder in the Rockies (1976), The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida (1972), and The Uranium Age (1955). Hosokawa was a recipient of the 2007 Civil Rights Award from the Anti-Defamation League.