| Date of Birth | 1944 | |
| Place of Birth |
Malacca (Malaysia) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Also know as | Shirley Lim | |
| Profession | Writer, Editor | |
| Shirley Geok-lin Lim was born in Malacca Malaysia. She is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. Her first collection of poems, Crossing The Peninsula, published in 1980, won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, a first both for an Asian and for a woman. Among several other awards that she has received, her memoir, Among the White Moon Faces, received the 1997 American Book Award. | ||
Awards by Shirley Geok-lin Lim |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. | ||
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