Genny Lim
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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 |
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]
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
