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Wing Tek Lum

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American poet (born 1946)
Wing Tek Lum
Born (1946年11月11日) November 11, 1946 (age 78)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materBrown University
Punahou School
Union Theological Seminary
GenrePoetry

Wing Tek Lum (Chinese: 林永得; born November 11, 1946 Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American poet. Together with a brother he also manages a family-owned real estate company, Lum Yip Kee, Ltd.[1]

Life

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He graduated from Brown University in 1969, where he majored in engineering. He edited the university’s literary magazine.

He graduated from the Union Theological Seminary, with a master's degree in divinity in 1973. He worked as a social worker, and met Frank Chin. In 1973, he moved to Hong Kong to learn Cantonese. His work appeared in New York Quarterly.[2] Under the guidance of Makoto Ooka, he participated with Joseph Stanton and others in the collaborative renshi poem What the Kite Thinks.[3]

Awards

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  • 1970 Poetry Center Award (now known as the Discovery/The Nation Award)
  • 1988 American Book Award
  • 2013 Elliot Cades Award for Literature[4]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ "Mānoa: Lum Yip Kee Ltd. funds renovation of Shidler Graduate Reading Rooms | University of Hawaii News". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. ^ hammond, raymond. "NYQ Poets - Wing Tek Lum". www.nyqpoets.net. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. ^ What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem on Google Books
  4. ^ "THE HAWAI'I LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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