Vyvyane loh biography for kids
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About
Write your bio, I was told. Tell us who you are in your own words.
(Be forewarned: I can sometimes take things too literally!)
A. Wave
The act of naming, so important in many cultures, holds great significance for the Chinese. When I was born, my mother remarked that I was a lively baby. The nurse caring for her replied, “Then you should name her Vivian (sic), which means lively.” I present the following from etymonline.com:
1630s, from French vivide and perhaps also directly from Latin vividus “spirited, animated, lively, full of life,” from vivus “alive” (from PIE root *gwei- “to live”). Extension to colors is from 1660s. Sense of “strong, distinct” (as of memories, etc.) is from 1680s; that of “very active or intense” (as of imagination, interest, etc.) is from 1853. Related: Vividly; vividness.
So much for the Latin. My training in Classics as an undergraduate definitely fell more
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Vyvyane Loh
Vyvyane Loh was born in Ipoh in Malaysia. She grew up in Singapore and completed a degree in Biology and Classics at Boston University in the US. She then went on to study at the medical school at Boston University and a undertook residency in Internal Medicine in the Boston area. After a short stint in a private practice, she quit her full-time medical job when she was awarded a full scholarship to the MFA programme at Warren Wilson College in Creative Writing (Fiction). While pursuing her degree, she worked part-time as a physician, an aerobics and dance instructor and personal trainer to support herself. She graduated in July 2001 and her novel, »Breaking the Tongue«, which was written during her MFA programme was published in 2004. In this book Loh tells the story of a Chino-Malay family which, believing in the superiority of British culture, adopts the lifestyle of the colonial gentry. Disdainful of their Asian fellow countrymen, and yet not treated as equals by
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Vyvyane Loh
American novelist
Vyvyane Loh (Chinese: Loh Hui-Shien) is a Malaysian-Americannovelist, choreographer, and physician.
Biography
[edit]Loh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia of an ethnic kinesisk family. She grew up in Singapore and completed a grad in Biology and Classics at Boston University in the United States. She then went on to study at the Boston University School of medicin and undertook a residency in internal medicine. After a short stint in private practice, she quit her full-time medical job when she was awarded a full scholarship to the mästare of Fine Arts schema at Warren Wilson College in Creative Writing (Fiction).[1] While pursuing her grad, she worked part-time as a physician; a fitness and dance instructor; and personal trainer to support herself. She graduated in July 2001 and her novel Breaking the Tongue, written during her MFA program, was published in 2004. It was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Award, the only first