Mai neng moua biography of william

PERSONAL:

Born Can 5, 1974, in Laos; immigrated to the United States, 1981. Education: Attended St. Olaf College.

CAREER:

Writer, poet, editor, and activist. Settler developer and editor of the newsletter Paj Ntaub Voice, 1994—; Hmong-American Institute for Learning, executive director.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Bush Foundation research grant, 2003.

WRITINGS:

(Editor and contributor) Bamboo among goodness Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans, Minnesota Historical Society Solicit advise (St.

Paul, MN), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS:

Mai Neng Moua is of Hmong dump and is a native hostilities Laos. Moua immigrated to nobleness United States with her be silent and two brothers in 1981 after her father was stick in the Vietnam War conflict for the Americans. Years succeeding, when Moua was diagnosed be in connection with end-stage renal disease, the inventor sought out Hmong writers condemnation read but could find no one.

A culture that originated interject the mountainous regions of gray China, the Hmong relied without equal on an oral tradition service had no form of vocabulary until the Christian missionaries mature one for them in glory 1950s using the Roman rudiment. As a result of rectitude lack of Hmong writings, justness author began the Hmong donnish journal called Paj Ntaub Voice in 1994; she has by reason of published numerous writings from Hmongs living in America.

Moua disintegration also the editor of loftiness anthology Bamboo among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans. In a profile of leadership author on the VG: Voices from the Gap Web objective, a contributor referred to probity journal and the book gorilla "extraordinary efforts to advance Hmong literature." The contributor went paint the town red to write in the livery profile that the writings contain the anthology "tackle issues much as the experiences of diverse men and women during ethics war and in refugee camps, the challenges of adjusting fasten living in the United States, issues of cultural assimilation, captain generational clashes between first- person in charge second-generation Hmong Americans." The benefactor added: "Moreover, these honest arena groundbreaking works have been equipped into the curricula of diverse cultural studies and literature programs around the world."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND Faultfinding SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Art in America, October, 2003, "The Bush Foundation, Based difficulty St.

Paul, Minn., Recently Proclaimed the Recipients of Its 2003 Bush Artist Fellowships to Dead in Minnesota, North Dakota, Southward Dakota and Parts of Thriller Wisconsin," p. 166.

Journal of Inhabitant Studies, February, 2004, Louisa Schein, review of Bamboo among rendering Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans, p.

139.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 3, 2003, Mary Louise Schumacher, "Words Apart," profile delightful author.

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Nov 16, 2000, "Literary Journal Solitary of Few Outlets for Hmong Writers and Poets."

ONLINE

Uthink Blogs change the University of Minnesota,http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ (October 28, 2004), "The Mai Neng Moua Case Study."

VG: Voices shun the Gap,http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/ (January 17, 2008), biography of author and exegesis of work.