Mayor London Breed invites you to the announcement and celebration of San Francisco’s Ninth Poet Laureate GENNY LIM
Friday, September 6, 4PM; Asian Art Museum, Samsung Hall, San Francisco, CA
 Mayor London Breed and Genny Lim, 9th Poet Laureate of San Francisco |
We celebrate a new chapter in our city’s literary legacy by appointing native San Franciscan Genny Lim as our 9th Poet Laureate. Genny is an extraordinary writer, performer, and cultural advocate, and she will be the first Chinese American to hold this esteemed role.
— London Breed (@LondonBreed) September 7, 2024
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San Francisco Public Library San Francisco Poet Laureate Chronology
S.F.’s first Chinese American poet laureate is ‘positive’ she won’t be the last – Genny Lim, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, said she wants to make San Francisco the “mecca” of world poetry.
San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 2024
Following an acclaimed career, Genny Lim, 77, will become San Francisco’s first Chinese American poet laureate during a Sept. 6 ceremony at the Asian Art Museum.
首位華裔：詩人林小琴Genny Lim榮獲舊金山桂冠詩人獎 8.30（國）/ The first Chinese American: Poet Genny Lim appointed as San Francisco Poet Laureate 8.30 (USA)
KTSF Channel 26, August 30, 2024
舊金山首位華裔桂冠詩人林小琴, 父親當年是所謂的Paper son 9.02(國）/ San Francisco’s first Chinese-American poet laureate Lin Xiaoqin, her father was a “Paper son” 9.02 (USA)
KTSF Channel 26, September 2, 2024
Genny Lim: Lingua madre / Mothertongue. La poesia della settimana (24/2024).
Potlatch.it: Sergio Iagulli on La poesia della settimana (24/2024).
Festeggiamo con gioia l’imminente conferimento del titolo di “poeta laureato” della città di San Francisco alla nostra straordinaria amica Genny Lim. Poetessa cino-inuit-statunitense, figlia di immigrati cinesi che hanno vissuto esclusioni, razzismo e deportazioni, è una delle più belle voci della poesia statunitense e della jazz-poetry. Buddista e profondamente impegnata per i diritti delle donne e delle minoranze, studiosa di tradizioni e mistica orientale, rappresenta un’avvincente incrocio tra culture orientali ed occidentali fuse nella sua storia personale e nella sua poesia…
We celebrate with joy the imminent award of the title of “poeta laureate” of the city of San Francisco to our extraordinary friend Genny Lim. Chinese-Inuit-US poet, the daughter of Chinese immigrants who have experienced exclusions, racism and deportations, is one of the most beautiful voices of American poetry and jazz-poetry. Buddhist and deeply committed to the rights of women and minorities, a scholar of Eastern traditions and mysticism, it represents a compelling cross between Eastern and Western cultures merged in its personal history and poetry…
S.F. picks first Chinese American poet laureate
SF Chronicle (eedition), September 5, 2024
Following an acclaimed career, Genny Lim, 77, will become San Francisco’s first Chinese American poet laureate during a ceremony Friday at the Asian Art Museum.