Babcock, Winnifred (1875–1954)
Babcock, Winnifred (1875–1954)
Canadian-American novelist. Name variations: Onoto Watanna; Winnifred Eaton. Born Winnifred Eaton in 1875 in Montreal, Canada; died 1954; dau. of a Chinese mother and English father; sister of Edith Eaton, also known as Sui Sin Far (writer); educated in Canadian public schools; married B.W. Babcock, 1901.
Adopted Japanese persona and published 17 bestselling novels, all under pen name Onoto Watanna, including The Old Jinriksha (1895), Miss Nume of Japan (1899), A Japanese Nightingale (1901), The Wooing of Wisteria (1902), The Heart of Hyacinth (1903), Daughters of Nijo (1904), The Diary of Delia (1911), Honorable Miss Moonlight (1912) and His Royal Nibs (1924); lived in US.
See also Me: A Book of Remembrance (Century, 1915).
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