Emelihter Kihleng

Emelihter S. Kihleng
BornGuam
OccupationPoet, academic
LanguagePohnpeian, English
Alma materUniversity Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, B.A., M.A.,
Victoria University of Wellington, PhD
GenrePostcolonialism, poetry, ethnography
Notable worksMy Urohs

Emelihter Kihleng is a Micronesian (and more specifically Pohnpeian) poet. She is the first ever Micronesian to publish a collection of poetry in the English language,[1] and is one of few published Micronesian poets.

  1. ^ "Micronesian Poet Publishes Collection of Poems" Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine, Office of Insular Affairs, May 12, 2008