Question: are Richard Yates and Ernest J. Gaines both Americans ?

full_context: Document 1: James Gaines: James Gaines, birth name James Larry M. Gaines Jr., is an African-American-Filipino character actor, writer and director with dual nationality, born on May 18, 1955, in Maui, Hawaii. He was sometimes also credited as Jaimes Gaines, Jim Gaines, and James Gainers.
Document 2: Gao Xingjian: Gao Xingjian (born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity.” He is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship.
Document 3: James Agee: James Rufus Agee ( ; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, "A Death in the Family" (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize.
Document 4: The Easter Parade: The Easter Parade is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1976, Yates' fifth book explores the tragic lives of two sisters. Along with "Revolutionary Road", the book is considered to be Yates' finest work.
Document 5: Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence: The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence is a national literary award designed to recognize rising African-American fiction writers. It is underwritten by donors of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in honor of the literary heritage provided by author Ernest J. Gaines.
Document 6: Revolutionary Road (film): Revolutionary Road is a 2008 British-American romantic drama film directed by Sam Mendes. It was written by Justin Haythe and based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. This is the second on-screen collaboration among Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates, who previously co-starred in "Titanic". The performances of DiCaprio and Winslet earned them a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress respectively, and the film was nominated for a further three Golden Globes, four BAFTAs and three Oscars.
Document 7: Richard Yates (novelist): Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer, identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety". His first novel, "Revolutionary Road", was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award. His first short story collection, "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness", brought comparisons to James Joyce. His critical acclaim, however, was not reflected in commercial success during his lifetime, though interest in Yates has revived somewhat since his death, partly because of an influential 1999 essay by Stewart O'Nan in the Boston Review, a 2003 biography by Blake Bailey and the 2008 Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film "Revolutionary Road", starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Document 8: A Lesson Before Dying: A Lesson Before Dying Is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. While it is a fictional work, it is loosely based on the true story of Willie Francis, a young Black man sentenced to death by the electric chair twice in Louisiana, in 1945 and 1947.
Document 9: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War.
Document 10: A Lesson Before Dying (film): A Lesson Before Dying is a television film released in 1999 adapted from the Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
Document 11: John Updike: John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others were Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.
Document 12: James Jones (author): James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his first published novel, "From Here to Eternity", which was adapted for the big screen immediately and made into a television series a generation later.
Document 13: Revolutionary Road: Revolutionary Road (released December 31, 1961) is author Richard Yates' debut novel. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962 along with "Catch-22" and "The Moviegoer". When published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and "The New York Times" reviewed it as "beautifully crafted... a remarkable and deeply troubling book."
Document 14: Eleven Kinds of Loneliness: Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a collection of short stories written by Richard Yates from 1951 to 1961. All of the stories in "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness" also appeared in the posthumously released "Collected Stories of Richard Yates" (2001).
Document 15: Ernest J. Gaines: Ernest James Gaines (born January 15, 1933) is an African-American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works have been made into television movies.
ground_truth: yes