Mei-mei Berssenbrugge | |||||||
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Born | Bái Xuānhuá (白萱华) 5 October 1947 | ||||||
Education | Reed College (BA) Columbia University (MFA) | ||||||
Occupation | Poet | ||||||
Spouse | Richard Tuttle | ||||||
Children | Martha Tuttle | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 白萱华 | ||||||
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Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese: 白萱华; pinyin: Bái Xuānhuá; born October 5, 1947, in Beijing, China) is a contemporary poet. Winner of two American Book Awards, her work is often associated with the Language School, the poetry of the New York School, phenomenology, and visual art. She is married to the painter Richard Tuttle, with whom she has frequently collaborated.[1]