William Poy Lee
William P. Lee | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) San Francisco |
| Occupation | Author, Political Activist |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Hastings School of Law |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award |
William Poy Lee (Chinese: 李培湛) is an author and political activist currently living in Shanghai, China. His 2007 book The Eighth Promise is a memoir about two generations of Chinese Americans, in China and Chinatown, San Francisco.
Before becoming a writer, Mr. Lee worked as an international banking attorney and an advertising executive. Mr. Lee left the professional world and has traveled, lived and taught writing in China since 2008. As a political activist, his most recent endeavor is a website about Tibet, Tibet China Accuracy Project[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kuai, James. "Insider Outsider: An Interview with Author William Poy Lee". University of Southern California. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
External links
[edit]- Author@Google, July 1, 2008: Intifada in SF Chinatown: The first modern Chinese American Civil Rights March - Summary of '68
- Author William Poy Lee Interview on NPR-KQED Forum
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- 1951 births
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American memoirists
- Activists from San Francisco
- American expatriates in China
- American lawyers of Chinese descent
- American male non-fiction writers
- American political activists
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Lawyers from San Francisco
- Living people
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award winners
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni
- Writers from San Francisco