orig. Maxine Hong born Oct. 27, 1940, Stockton, Calif., U.S. U.S. writer. Born to an immigrant family, she examined the myths, realities, and cultural identities of Chinese and American families and the role of women in Chinese culture in her fiction and nonfiction. Her widely admired The Woman Warrior (1976) and China Men (1980) blend fact and fantasy to tell aspects of her family's history
orig. Maxine Winokur born June 6, 1925, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. poet. She studied at Radcliffe College. Her poetry, written primarily in traditional forms, deals with loss, fragility, family, and the cycles of life and nature. Her New Hampshire farm inspired Up Country (1972, Pulitzer Prize); later collections include the acclaimed The Retrieval System (1978), Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief (1982), Nurture (1989), and Connecting the Dots (1996). She wrote numerous children's books, some with Anne Sexton, as well as novels and short stories
maxine
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Max·ine
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mäksin
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/makˈsēn/ /mækˈsiːn/
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() An English feminine form of Max coined in the end of the nineteenth century.