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Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. She was both the first woman and the first Asian person to be awarded Commonwealth Poetry Prize for her first poetry collection, Crossing The Peninsula, which she published in 1980. [1]
Before the date of departure, Ah Zhao sends over two lacquered boxes for the siblings: the one for Gege contains the finished painting of Along The River at Qing Ming, while the second for Mei Lan contains an unfinished painting a poem relating their imperfections together, as well as a note telling her to "Be careful". Puzzled with this ...
The narrative of the poem focuses on a Chinese immigrant character named Ah Sin who defeats an Irish immigrant named William Nye in a high-stakes game of euchre. [3]: 23 William Nye is a cheater, whom the "childlike" Ah Sin successfully out-cheats. [3]: 23 William Nye realizes nothing until it is too late.
Some however argued that it is the English form of the Chinese word ah mah. Ah (阿; ā) is a common Chinese prefix used before monosyllabic names or kinship terms to indicate familiarity, and mah (妈; 媽; mā) means "mother". Others say that the word originated from the term for a wet nurse, nai mah (奶妈; 奶媽; nǎimā; 'milk mother'). [8]
In 2017, Manzoor-Khan performed at The Last Word Festival in London's Roundhouse Poetry Slam, winning the competition with her poem "This is not a Humanising Poem". Her performance of the poem, which spoke about how the world values Muslims based on how 'good' or 'bad' they are considered to be, [23] went viral after being posted on the Roundhouse's Facebook page.
Biraban is the inspiration for the poem The Eagle Chief. [47] The Biraban Public School in Toronto recognises Biraban's connection to the region and work as leader and linguist. [48] In the Canberra suburb of Aranda Biraban is remembered with a street named in his honour. [49] [50]
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Mah was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 17, 1939. He graduated from medical schools at Yonsei University and Seoul National University.After finishing his graduate research at Seoul National University in 1966, he went to the United States.