Loung Ung
| Loung Ung | |
|---|---|
| Khmer name | អ៊ឹង លួង |
| Roles | Author |
| Active | since 2000 |
| Based in | United States |
| Recognition | Cleveland Arts Prize honoree (https://clevelandartsprize.org/artists/loung-ung/) |
| Website | https://www.loungung.com/ |
| Subjects | Community & Civic Life; Family & Intergenerational Life; History & Remembrance; Literature & Storytelling; Migration & Diaspora |
Cambodian American memoirist and activist whose trilogy traces survival under the Khmer Rouge and life afterward in the United States.
Loung Ung is an author, speaker and human rights activist who wrote First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2000), Lucky Child and Lulu in the Sky. Her activism began in 1993 as a community educator at a shelter for abused women, and she served as national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003. She moved to the Cleveland area, where she also owns and operates restaurants, and a graphic novel adaptation of her work is forthcoming. (Wikipedia: Loung Ung; Loung Ung official site; Cleveland Arts Prize profile)
Works
- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers(Book)
- Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind(Book)
- Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness(Book)