Vyvyane loh biography for kids

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    Loh, Vyvyane

    PERSONAL:

    Born in Ipoh, Malaysia; married Mauricio Toledo. Education: Boston University, bachelor's degree; Boston University Medical School, M.D., 1993; Warren Wilson College, M.F.A., 2001.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—Watertown, MA. Agent—Brettne Bloom, Fish and Richardson, 225 Franklin St., Boston, MA 02110.

    CAREER:

    Physician, choreographer, musician, and writer. Has worked as a physician at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA; Health Management Resources Corp., Auburndale, MA; and in private practices. Artistic director of modern dance company Carmina Lucida; has also choreographed shows for other companies, including Wellesley College Dancers and Lowell House Opera.

    WRITINGS:

    Breaking the Tongue (novel), W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 2004.

    SIDELIGHTS:

    Vyvyane Loh, a physician, drummer, dancer, and choreographer, was able to add "published author" to her career accomplishments with the historical novel Breaking the Tongue. Loh had long been interested in wr

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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

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    Loh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia of an ethnic Chinese family. She grew up in Singapore and completed a degree in Biology and Classics at Boston University in the United States. She then went on to study at the Boston University School of Medicine 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 Master of Fine Arts program at Warren Wilson College in Creative Writing (Fiction).[1] While pursuing her degree, 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

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