Genevieve (Genny) Lim (born December 15, 1946, in San Francisco, California)[1] is an American poet, playwright, and performer. She served as the Chair of Community Arts and Education Committee, and as Chair of the Advisory Board for the San Francisco Writers Corps.[2] 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.[2]

Genny Lim
Lim in 1975
Lim in 1975
BornGenevieve Lim
(1946-12-15) December 15, 1946 (age 77)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • performer
EducationSan Francisco State University (BA, MA)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (1982)
Children2

Life

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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.

 
Genny Lim in San Francisco, 1975

She lives in San Francisco with her two daughters, Colette and Danielle.[3][4] Her papers are held at University of California Santa Barbara.[5]

Awards

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Works

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  • 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).[2]

Poetry

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Plays

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Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ Liu, Miles Xian (2002). Asian American Playwrights: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31455-1.
  2. ^ a b c Moraga, Cherrie (2015). This Bridge Called My Back. New York, United States: Sunny Press. p. 270.
  3. ^ "Genny Lim - Bio". jaimewright.ws. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15.
  4. ^ "Genny Lim". Poets & Writers. 28 May 1981.
  5. ^ "Guide to the Genny Lim Papers CEMA 34". Online Archive of California.
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