Garrett Hongo | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Volcano, Hawai'i, U.S. |
| Occupation | poet |
| Education | Pomona College University of Michigan (BA) University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
| Notable works | The River of Heaven Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaiʻi |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer finalist; Oregon Book Award; Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellowship, Rockefeller Fellowship |
| Children | 2 |
Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951[citation needed]) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.[1]
He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The River of Heaven (1988).
- ^ Arakawa, Suzanne K. (2005). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)", in Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, p. 533, at Google Books