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American author (1926-1999)

Michi Nishiura Weglyn
Born	Michiko Nishiura (1926-11-29)November 29, 1926 Stockton, California, U.S.
Died	April 25, 1999(1999-04-25) (aged 72) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Walter Matthys Weglyn
Parent(s)	Tomojiro and Misao Nishiura

Michi Nishiura Weglyn (Japanese: 西浦 道子,^[1] November 29, 1926 – April 25, 1999) was an American author.

Her book Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America’s Concentration Camps, which was published in 1976, helped fuel a movement leading to reparations for Japanese Americans interned during World War II.^[2] She was awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for this work in 1977.

Weglyn was also a vocal advocate for those denied redress under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and for the more than 2,200 Japanese Peruvians who were taken from their homes by the U.S. government and used in a hostage