Genny Lim
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Genevieve (Genny) Lim (born December 15, 1946, in San Francisco, California)[1] is an American poet, playwright, and performer. She is the ninth poet laureate of San Francisco, California, and the first Chinese American in the role.[2] She was the Chair of Community Arts and Education Committee, and Chair of the Advisory Board for the San Francisco Writers Corps.[3] She has performed with Max Roach, Herbie Lewis, Francis Wong, and Jon Jang among others in San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Houston and Chicago.[3]
Life
She graduated with her BA and MA from San Francisco State University, and later with a certificate in broadcast journalism from Columbia University in 1973. She teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She lives in San Francisco with her two daughters, Colette and Danielle.[4][5] Her papers are held at University of California Santa Barbara.[6]
Awards
- 1981 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation
- Bay Guardian Goldie, Creative Work Fund and Rockefeller for "Songline: The Spiritual Tributary of Paul Robeson Jr. and Mei Lanfang," collaboration with Jon Jang and James Newton.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- 2022 Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN Oakland
Works
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- Contributed to This Bridge Called My Back in 1981.
- Featured poet in festivals that took place in Venezuela, Sarajevo, Italy and Bosnia-Hercegovina (2007).[3]
Poetry
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References
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External links
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- "Genny Lim, Poet and Beyond", Jaime Wright
- "Genny Lim", doollee
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- 1946 births
- American feminists of Asian descent
- American feminists
- San Francisco State University alumni
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
- New College of California faculty
- Living people
- American dramatists and playwrights of Chinese descent
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- American Book Award winners
- 21st-century American women