Knox College honors four graduates with Alumni Achievement Awards at the 2010 Founders Day Convocation, 5 p.m., Friday, February 19, in the Muelder Reading Room, Seymour Library on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois.
A 1961 Knox graduate, Alex Kuo has published eight books, including Lipstick and Other Stories, which won the 2002 American Book Award. His 1971 collection of poems, The Window Tree, was the first volume of poetry published by an Asian American in the United States. He also has published more than 350 poems, short stories, photographs, and essays. Born in Boston, Kuo was raised in Chongqing, China, during World War II. He attended primary and secondary school in Hong Kong, then earned a bachelor's degree in English at Knox and a master of fine arts degree at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has received numerous awards, including a Senior Fulbright Fellowship. Kuo has taught writing, literature and ethnic studies at colleges and universities in the U.S. and China, including Knox, where he was a Distinguished Writer in Residence in 2004 and 2009.
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A 1961 Knox graduate, Alex Kuo has published eight books, including Lipstick and Other Stories, which won the 2002 American Book Award. His 1971 collection of poems, The Window Tree, was the first volume of poetry published by an Asian American in the United States. He also has published more than 350 poems, short stories, photographs, and essays. Born in Boston, Kuo was raised in Chongqing, China, during World War II. He attended primary and secondary school in Hong Kong, then earned a bachelor's degree in English at Knox and a master of fine arts degree at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has received numerous awards, including a Senior Fulbright Fellowship. Kuo has taught writing, literature and ethnic studies at colleges and universities in the U.S. and China, including Knox, where he was a Distinguished Writer in Residence in 2004 and 2009.
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