Kiran Dass shares tea, biscuits and literary talk with Hanya Yanagihara.
Hanya Yanagihara was born in Los Angeles but spent her early childhood in Honolulu.!
Hanya Yanagihara
American novelist and travel writer
Hanya Yanagihara | |
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Yanagihara in 2012 | |
| Born | 1974 (age 50–51) Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| Alma mater | Smith College |
Hanya Yanagihara (born 1974)[1] is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer.
She grew up in Hawaii.[2] She is best known for her bestselling novel A Little Life, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize, and for being the editor-in-chief of T Magazine.[3][4]
Early life
Hanya Yanagihara was born in 1974 in Los Angeles.[1] Her father, hematologist/oncologist[2] Ronald Yanagihara, is from Hawaii, and her mother was born in Seoul.[5] Yanagihara is partly of Japanese descent through her father and partly of Korean descent through her mother.[6][7] As a child, Yanagihara moved frequently with her family, living in Hawaii, New York, Maryland, California and Tex