Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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1944 –
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Who is Shirley Geok-lin Lim?
Shirley Geok-lin Lim was born in Malacca Malaysia. She is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. Her first collection of poems, Crossing The Peninsula, published in 1980, won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, a first both for an Asian and for a woman. Among several other awards that she has received, her memoir, Among the White Moon Faces, received the 1997 American Book Award.
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- Born
- 1944
Malacca - Also known as
- Shirley Lim
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Asian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Malaya
- Brandeis University
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on July 23, 2013
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