Dwight Okita, Date of Birth

Dwight Okita

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1958

Profession: poet, novelist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dwight Okita (born August 26, 1958) is a Japanese-American novelist, poet, and playwright.
His work reflects his experiences as a Japanese-American, a Gay man, and a Nichiren Buddhist.
He studied English literature at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
His first book of poems, Crossing with the Light, was published by Tia Chucha Press in 1992.
His novels include THE HOPE STORE (2017) and THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL (2011) which was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards.
He won a Joseph Jefferson Award in 1996 for the collaborative play The Radiance of a Thousand Suns.
His website is http://www.DwightOkita.com