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Li-Young Lee (李立揚, pinyin: Lǐ Lìyáng) (born August 19, 1957) is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents. His maternal great-grandfather was Yuan Shikai, China's first Republican President, who attempted to make himself emperor. Lee's father, who was a personal physician to Mao Zedong while in China, relocated his family to Indonesia, where he helped found Gamaliel University. In 1959 the Lee family fled Indonesia to escape widespread anti-Chinese sentiment and after a five-year trek through Hong Kong and Japan, they settled in the United States in 1964. Li-Young Lee attended the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Arizona, and the State University of New York Brockport. Development as a poet Lee attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he began to develop his love for writing poems. He had seen his father find his passion for ministry and as a result of his father reading to him and encouraging Lee to find his passion, Lee began to dive into the art of language. Lee's writing has also been influenced by classic Chinese poets, such as Li Bai and Du Fu. Many of Lee's poems are filled with themes of simplicity, strength, and silence. All are strongly influenced by his family history, childhood, and individuality. He writes with simplicity and passion which creates images that take the reader deeper and also requires his audience to fill in the gaps with their own imagination. These feelings of exile and boldness to rebel take shape as they provide common themes for poems. Lee's influence on Asian American poetry Li-Young Lee has been an established Asian American poet who has been doing interviews for the past twenty years. Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee (BOA Editions, 2006, ed. Earl G. Ingersoll), is the first edited and published collection of interviews with an Asian American poet. In this book, Earl G. Ingersoll has collected interviews with the poet consisting of "conversational" questions meant to bring out Lee's views on Asian American poetry, writing, and identity. Awards and honors Lee has won numerous poetry awards: 1986: Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award, from New York University, for Rose 1988: Whiting Award 1990: Lamont Poetry Selection for The City in Which I Love You 1995: Lannan Literary Award 1995: American Book Award, from the Before Columbus Foundation, for The Wingéd Seed: A Remembrance 2002: William Carlos Williams Award for Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum) Judge: Carolyn Kizer 2003: Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, which does not accept applications and which includes a $25,000 stipend Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant, Illinois Arts Council Grant, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Other recognition 2011: Lee's poem ″A Story″ was featured in the AP English Literature and Composition 2011 Free-Response Questions. Selected bibliography Poetry 1986: Rose. Rochester: BOA Editions Limited, ISBN 0-918526-53-1 1990: The City In Which I Love You. Rochester: BOA Editions Limited, ISBN 0-918526-83-3 2001: Book of My Nights. Rochester: BOA Editions Limited, ISBN 1-929918-08-9 2008: Behind My Eyes. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., ISBN 0-393-33481-3 2018: The Undressing. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., ISBN 9780393065435 2024: The Invention of the Darling: Poems. W.W. Norton & Co., ISBN 9780393867190 Memoir The Wingéd Seed: A Remembrance. (hardcover) New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ASIN: B000NGRB2G (paperback) St. Paul: Ruminator, 1999. ISBN 1-886913-28-5 See also List of Asian American writers Critical studies as of March 2008: External links Poems by Li-Young Lee and biography at PoetryFoundation.org Profile at The Whiting Foundation Scene Missing Magazine Interviews Li-Young Lee Audio of Lannan Foundation Reading with Li-Young Lee and conversation between Li-Young Lee and Michael Silverblatt State of Illinois Site featuring Li-Young Lee Li-Young Lee's Reading at BYU entitled "Infinite Inwardness" Three Poems by Li-Young Lee NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Li-Young Lee Feature Audio: Li-Young Lee reads "To Hold" from the book Behind My Eyes (via poemsoutloud.net) Audio: "Immigrant Blues" from Behind My Eyes, read by Li-Young Lee References. Discover the Li Young Lee popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Li Young Lee books.