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   Who is Maya Ying Lin?

   • Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture.

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   Can a Vietnam veteran go to Maya Lin's Memorial?

   • A Vietnam veteran can go to Maya Lin's memorial and search for the names of his fallen comrades. In the process, he sees his own face reflected in the polished stone. A unique pull away from the traditional memorial design with realistic forms, her design contrasted with all other memorials in Washington D.C.

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   What did Maya Lin do after leaving Yale?

   • (Harry Naltchayan and Getty Images) In the first years after leaving Yale, Maya Lin created a dozen other major works across the nation, including the Peace Chapel at Pennsylvania’s Juniata College, the “Women’s Table” at Yale, and the Langston Hughes Library for the Children’s Defense Fund in Clinton, Tennessee.

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   Did Maya Lin Win a design competition?

   • Maya Lin won a design competition—and sparked a national controversy. Updated: April 24, 2024 | Original: September 13, 2017 You’ve probably seen it: the simple black walls that emerge from the peaceful Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C., the more than 58,000 half-inch-high names inscribed on the granite.

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   Did Maya Lin design a Vietnam War monument?

   • “From the very beginning I often wondered, if it had not been an anonymous entry 1026 but rather an entry by Maya Lin, would I have been selected?” she later wrote. Although she designed an apolitical monument, the politics of the Vietnam War could not be avoided. Like the war itself, the monument proved controversial.

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   When did Maya Lin Win an Oscar?

   • In 1995 the feature-length film Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994), written and directed by Freida Lee Mock, won the Oscar for best documentary. Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

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   Maya Lin (born October 5, 1959, Athens, Ohio, U.S.) is an American architect and sculptor concerned with environmental themes who is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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   Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Maya Lin is an American architect and sculptor best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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   May 14, 2020 · Discover the story of how an unknown 21-year-old architecture student designed one of the most moving monuments in the nation’s capital. By Christopher Klein Updated: May 14, 2020. Photo:...

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   Maya Lin was born to Chinese intellectuals who had fled China in 1948, just as the Communist takeover was occurring. Her hometown of Athens, Ohio, known for its manufacturing and agriculture, is also the home of Ohio University, an institution that played a major role in her youth.

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   • Birth Date: October 5, 1959

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   Sep 13, 2017 · A Chinese-American, Lin was born in Ohio, where her parents were professors. They escaped mainland China as young adults when it became clear that their families might be threatened by Maoist...

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   Nov 22, 2022 · October 5, 1959. Maya Lin is the world-renowned architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, and one of the most important public artists of this century. Her parents were both professors at Ohio University.