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Minfong Ho (1951-) Biography - Career, Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Member, Work in Progress

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Born 1951, in Rangoon, Burma; Education: Attended Tunghai University (Taichung, Taiwan), 1968-69; Cornell University, B.A. (honors), 1973, M.F.A., 1980. Religion: Agnostic. Hobbies and other interests: Swimming, hiking, growing things.

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Jataka Tales: A Selection of Buddha's Birth Stories; Duty Free, a novel about 1840s Singapore; The Ballad of Mulan, the Woman Warrior; Morenak Mayda; The Great Pond, translation of the Thai novel by Thepsiri; Sojourn, a historical novel about the first Chinese in Nantucket, 1807.

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Minfong Ho (1951-) - Career

Minfong Ho (1951-) - Awards, Honors

First prize, Council of Interracial Books for Children, 1975, for Sing to the Dawn; first prize, Annual Short Story Contest of Singapore, Ministry of Culture, Singapore, 1982, and first prize, Annual Short Story Contest, AsiaWeek magazine, Hong Kong, 1983, both for "Tanjong Rhu;" second place, Commonwealth Book Awards (prose category), Commonwealth Book Council, Minfong Ho 1987…

Minfong Ho (1951-) - Writings

Sing to the Dawn, illustrated by Kwoncjan Ho, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1975. Tanjong Rhu and Other Stories, Federal Press (Singapore), 1986. Rice without Rain, Andre Deutsch (London, England), 1986, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard (New York, NY), 1990. The Clay Marble, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1991. (With Saphan Ros) The Two Brothers, illustrated by Jean Tseng and Mou-Sien Tseng, …

Minfong Ho (1951-) - Sidelights

In award-winning novels such as Sing to the Dawn, Rice without Rain, and The Clay Marble, Minfong Ho presents realistic depictions of her native Southeast Asia. Characteristically focusing on strong female protagonists who interact with their families and friends against the backdrop of real events, Ho is often recognized for the sensitivity and understanding with which she treats the feelings of…

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12 months ago

I liked your book it made me sad and i cried a little bit. Jk. I am a man and i dont cry but is still was a good book. i have never seen a book so good. that was like the best book i have ever read. i really enjoyed it. thanks for publishing it.

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12 months ago

I really like your book it made me cry a little jk i am a man and i dont cry over a book but it was still a good book it made me feel like i wanted to change my life around and be a good person so i thank you for being my insperation minfong you are the best

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