Li-Young Lee was born of Chinese parents in Jakarta, Indonesia. His family moved to the United States in 1964. Mr. Lee lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons. He is the author of three books of poetry: Rose, The City in Which I Love You, and Book of My Nights, all published by BOA Editions. Rose received the Delmore Schwartz Award, The City in Which I Love You was the 1990 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets, and Book of My Nights was the winner of the Poetry Society of America’s 2002 William Carlos Williams Award. Mr. Lee is also the author of the memoir The Winged Seed.
