Chin Yang Lee | |||||||||
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黎錦揚 | |||||||||
 Lee in c. 1957 | |||||||||
| Pronunciation | Lí Jǐnyáng | ||||||||
| Born | December 23, 1915 | ||||||||
| Died | November 8, 2018 (aged 102) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Citizenship | American | ||||||||
| Education | Master of Fine Arts Bachelor of Arts | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University National Southwestern Associated University | ||||||||
| Known for | The Flower Drum Song | ||||||||
| Spouse |
Joyce Lackey
(m. 1963; died 1997) | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黎錦揚 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黎锦扬 | ||||||||
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Chin Yang Lee (Chinese: 黎錦揚; pinyin: Lí Jǐnyáng; December 23, 1915 – November 8, 2018) was a Chinese American author best known for his 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song, which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song and the eponymous 1961 film which was nominated for five Academy Awards.