Velina Hasu Houston
- January 8, 2024
- Poet
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Velina Hasu Houston Biography
| Name | Velina Hasu Houston |
| Birthday | May 5 |
| Birth Year | 1957 |
| Place Of Birth | Japan |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Velina Hasu Houston is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on May 5, 1957 in Japan, Japan.
In 1949, Velina’s father returned to the United States. In order to be reunited with Setsuko, he volunteered for active duty in the Korean War and returned to Asia in 1951. Lemo and Setsuko’s nine-year courtship was due to the fact that he respected her wishes to remain in Japan to care for her ailing mother. The couple married in 1954 and came to the U.S. in 1957 with the adopted Joji and Velina’s sister Hilda Rika Hatsuyo, Velina being born en route and granted citizenship at her father’s first U.S. military assignment at Fort Riley. Their new American experience was met with being discriminated against by Americans (including Japanese Americans) from both within and outside of their family, but the experience strengthened them and planted the seeds for the young writer.
Velina Hasu Houston (born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston on May 5, 1957) is an American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor and screenwriter who has had many works produced, presented and published, with some drawing from her experience of being multiracial, as well as from the immigrant experiences of her family and those she encountered growing up in Junction City, Kansas.
Velina Hasu Houston Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Velina Hasu Houston is one of the richest Poet from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Velina Hasu Houston 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Her parents met in Kobe in 1946, beginning their nine-year courtship at the disapproval of Velina’s maternal grandfather who committed suicide as a result of his country’s defeat in World War II (exacerbated by his daughter’s desire to marry an American) and by the loss of his family’s land due to the land reform policies supported by the US occupation. After the couple married, they eventually severed ties with both their families. The couple went on to adopt their only son Joji Kawada George Adam Houston, an Amerasian, in Tokyo after he was left orphaned at eight years old during the U.S. occupation.
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Viachaslau Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Velina Hasu Houston celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.