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Wing Tek Lum

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Wing Tek Lum
Born (1946-11-11) 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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  • Expounding the doubtful points. Bamboo Ridge Press. 1987. ISBN 978-0-910043-14-4.
  • The Nanjing Massacres: Poems. Bamboo Ridge Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0910043885.

Anthologies

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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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