Emelihter S. Kihleng | |
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Born | Guam |
Occupation | Poet, academic |
Language | Pohnpeian, English |
Alma mater | University Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, B.A., M.A., Victoria University of Wellington, PhD |
Genre | Postcolonialism, poetry, ethnography |
Notable works | My 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.