Maya Ying Lin
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Maya Ying Lin (林 瓔, Pinyin : Lín Yīng; born October 10, 1959 in Athens / Ohio ) is an American artist of Chinese descent. Her most famous work is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
The daughter of the Dean of Fine Arts of Ohio University and a professor of literature, studied at Yale . At the age of 21, while still a student, she won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial , which was opened to the public on November 13, 1982. In 1994 Maya Ying Lin was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .
Lin's other works include the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery ( Alabama , 1989). She was also a member of the committee that selected the memorial to the 9/11 attacks in New York .
In 2005 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters . In 2009 she was honored with the National Medal of Arts by US President Barack Obama . In 2016 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom .
Individual evidence
- ^ Nationalacademy.org: National Academicians "L" / Lin, Maya, NA 1994 ( memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed June 30, 2015)
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 17, 2019 .
- ^ The White House: President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. November 16, 2016, accessed November 22, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Lin, Maya Ying |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens , Ohio , United States |