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Li-Young Lee

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Li-Young Lee has a fascinating family history. Lee's maternal grandfather was the first president of the Republic of China. His father, however, came from a family of businessmen and gangsters. During the Chinese Civil War, Lee's father was attached to a nationalist general who switched sides, which resulted in Dr. Lee becoming the personal physician to Mao Tse-tung for a brief time.

Li-Young Lee was born after the war when his family had moved to Indonesia. While Lee was still a toddler, his father was jailed for political reasons for nearly two years. When he was eventually released, the family moved about for a while. In Hong Kong Lee's father became a hugely successful evangelical preacher and businessman.

Lee's father was an emotional man and, after an argument, he dropped everything and left with his family, finally settling in the United States, where Dr. Lee became the minister of a small church in Pennsylvania.

Li-Young Lee grew up in the US and studied at the University of Pittsburgh. He currently lives in Chicago.

Poems by Li-Young Lee

	Become Becoming
	From Blossoms
	Nativity
	Night Mirror
	One Heart
	Out of Hiding
	Praise Them

Recommended Books

	Behind My Eyes: Poems, by Li-Young Lee Amazon.com
	Book of My Nights, by Li-Young Lee Amazon.com
	The City in Which I Love You, by Li-Young Lee Amazon.com
	Rose, by Li-Young Lee Amazon.com

Related Links:

	Li-Young Lee \| poetry archive \| plagiarist.com http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?aid=121 Several poems online.
	Poet: Li-Young Lee http://www.poemhunter.com/li-young-lee/poet-8918/ Many poems by Li-Young Lee.
	Lee http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Lee.html Brief biography and family history of Li-Young Lee.
	Heath Anthology of American Literature - Li-Young Lee http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contemporary/lee_li.html Short bio, bibliography, some links.
	Li-Young Lee: notes on his reading of some poems http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/poets/li.young.lee.san.jose.2003.htm Interesting student notes on Lee and his answers to some questions.
	Li-Young Lee http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/us_poetry/Li/ Several good links to biographies and poetry online.

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