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joseph lawrence chung mei stockton , california maxine hong kingston by david shankbone.jpg national humanities medal national medal of arts book critics circle award national book award national us '' book of peace '' , '' tripmaster monkey '' , the '' china men '' woman warrior '' , '' the fifth maxine hong kingston 27 october 1940 earll kingston maxine hong kingston
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maxine hong kingston

maxine hong kingston -lrb- ; born october 27 , 1940 -rrb- is a chinese american author and professor emerita at the university of california , berkeley , where she graduated with a ba in english in 1962 .
kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of chinese immigrants living in the united states .
she has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir `` the woman warrior '' , which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women .
kingston has received several awards for her contributions to chinese american literature including the national book award for nonfiction in 1981 for `` china men '' .
