Kirby Wright
Novelist, Author
Who is Kirby Wright?
Kirby Wright is an American writer best known for his coming of age island novel PUNAHOU BLUES and the epic novel MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA, which is based on the life and times of Wright's paniolo grandmother.
Both novels deal with the racial tensions between haoles (whites) and the indigenous Hawaiians, and illustrate the challenge for characters who, as the product of mixed-race marriages, must try to bridge the two cultures and overcome prejudice from both camps.
Wright's work is primarily concerned with the complexities of multicultural Hawaii, Killahaole Day, prejudices against (and within) island high schools, and the tricky matter of interracial dating. He incorporates the local creole language into his novels and was the first author to document the pidgin English spoken by the paniolo cowboys on the east end of Molokai island.
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- Ethnicity
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco State University
Creative writing - University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Punahou School
- Bachelor of Arts, University of California, San Diego
- Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco State University
- Lived in
- Southeast, Washington, D.C.
- Colorado
- Honolulu
- San Diego
- Molokai
- Virginia
- Vista
- Palo Alto
- Hong Kong
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on July 23, 2013
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