Asian American Literary Awards
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Edition 6 (2003) Winner
Walter K. Lew
ウォルター・ケイ・ルー
Walter K. Lew
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York, USA → Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA → Seoul, South Korea → Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor, scholar, translator, teacher/professor
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Brown University, Cornell University, Mills College, University of Miami, UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Asian American Literary Award (poetry) | — | 詩 | Asian American Writers' Workshop | 受賞 |
| 2002 | PEN Center USA Literary Award (poetry) | — | 詩 | PEN Center USA | ファイナリスト |
| 1990 | Inter-Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award (as associate producer) | The Pacific Century (part 8: "The Fight for Democracy") | — | The Pacific Century (documentary series) | 受賞（シリーズへの貢献） |
Asian American Literary Award (poetry)
2003
Category:
詩
Organization:
Asian American Writers' Workshop
Result:
受賞
PEN Center USA Literary Award (poetry)
2002
Category:
詩
Organization:
PEN Center USA
Result:
ファイナリスト
Inter-Arts Fellowship
1990
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award (as associate producer)
1992
Work:
The Pacific Century (part 8: "The Fight for Democracy")
Organization:
The Pacific Century (documentary series)
Result:
受賞（シリーズへの貢献）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
TREADWINDS: Poems and Intermedia Texts
2002 Poetry / ExperimentalAn experimental collection of poems exploring intersections of text and visual media; includes intermedia works and translation practices.
memoryvisualitytranslatabilitymigration
IMPERATIVES OF CULTURE: Selected Essays on Korean History, Literature, and Society from the Japanese Colonial Era (ed.)
2013 Edited scholarly volumeAn edited volume compiling essays on Korean history, literature, and society including the Japanese colonial era, featuring multiple scholars.
colonial memoryKorean literaturehistorical studies
KÔRI: The Beacon Anthology of Korean American Fiction (ed., with commentary)
2001 Anthology / EditedAn anthology of Korean American fiction collecting short stories by Korean American writers, with editorial commentary and introductions.
diasporaidentityimmigrant experience
CRAZY MELON and CHINESE APPLE: The Poems of Frances Chung (ed., comment.)
2000 Poetry (edited)An edited edition of Frances Chung's poems with commentary, situated within contexts of Asian North American poetry.
cross-culturalpoetic experimentation
PREMONITIONS: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (ed.)
1995 Anthology / PoetryAn anthology of new Asian North American poetry assembled and published by Kaya Production in the 1990s.
Asian North American poetryavant-garde practice
SCROTA (with O Woomi Chung)
2014 Limited edition chapbook / collaborationA limited-edition chapbook in collaboration with O Woomi Chung, incorporating visual and artist-book elements.
visual poetrycollaboration
WITH EYES CLOSED (with O Woomi Chung)
2014 Site-specific video installation / collaborationA site-specific video installation created in collaboration with O Woomi Chung for exhibition spaces.
visual expressioninstallation art
YI WON (translated selection)
2004 Translation / ChapbookA chapbook selection of Yi Won's poetry translated and edited for events such as the Poetry International Festival.
translationKorean poetry
EXCERPTS FROM: ∆IKTH DIKTE 딕테/딕티 for DICTEE
1991 Poetry / experimental textExcerpts from an experimental text engaging language play and questions of translatability.
language experimenttranslatability
Bibliography
- TREADWINDS: Poems and Intermedia Texts (2002)
- KÔRI: The Beacon Anthology of Korean American Fiction (ed., 2001)
- CRAZY MELON and CHINESE APPLE: The Poems of Frances Chung (ed., 2000)
- PREMONITIONS: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (ed., 1995)
- IMPERATIVES OF CULTURE (ed., 2013)
- SCROTA (with O Woomi Chung, 2014)
- WITH EYES CLOSED (with O Woomi Chung, 2014)
- YI WON (translated chapbook, 2004)
- EXCERPTS FROM: ∆IKTH DIKTE (1991)
Translations by Author
- English translations of Yi Won's poems (chapbook, 2004)
Translations of Works
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentalintermedia (fusion of poetry, visual and textual media)interdisciplinary approachstyle incorporating translation practices
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and historyimmigrant/diasporic experiencevisuality and cinematic narrationlanguage boundaries and translation
Legacy
Walter K. Lew is known for experimental poetry, translation, and editorial and scholarly work on Asian and Asian American literatures. He is credited with reviving movietelling (live narration of silent films) in the U.S. and has contributed to introducing Korean literature and Asian North American writing.
Academic Societies
- Asian American Writers' Workshop (associated organization)
Trivia
- He was among the first U.S. artists to revive movietelling (live narration of silent films) beginning in 1982.
- Founded Kaya Production (1993–1996), promoting new Asian North American writers and reissues of significant works.