Genny Lim
American poet, playwright and performer (born 1946)
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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]
December 15, 1946
- Poet
- playwright
- performer
Genny Lim | |
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Lim in 1975 | |
| Born | Genevieve Lim December 15, 1946 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Education | San Francisco State University (BA, MA) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| Notable awards | American Book Award (1982) |
| Children | 2 |
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.[citation needed]
- James Wong Howe Award for Paper Angels (Premiered July 2000, UC Zellerbach Playhouse).[citation needed]
- 2022 Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN Oakland
Works
- Wings of Lai Ho. Translated by Gordon Lew. Illustrator Andrea Ja Chinese. San Francisco, Calif: East/West Pub. Co. 1982.
- Him Mark Lai; Genny Lim; Judy Yung, eds. (June 1999). Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-97109-4.
- 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
- Winter Place. Kearney St Workshop Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-9609630-4-1.
- Child of War. University of Hawaii Press. January 2003. ISBN 978-0-9709597-3-7.
- Paper Gods and Rebels. Ishmael Reed Publishing Co. January 2013. ISBN 978-0-918408013.
Plays
- Paper Angels and Bitter Cane/Two Plays. Kalamaku Press. December 1991. ISBN 978-0-9623102-1-8.
Anthologies
- Roberta Uno, ed. (1993). "Paper Angels". Unbroken Thread: Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-0-87023-856-7.
- Velina Hasu Houston; Wakako Yamauchi; Genny Lim, eds. (1993). The Politics of Experience: Four Plays by Asian American Women. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-001-9.
- Linda Wagner-Martin; Cathy N. Davidson, eds. (1999). Oxford Book of Women's Writing. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513245-8.
- Genny Lim, ed. (2020). Window: glimpses of our storied past. Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center. ISBN 978-0578734583.
