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Evelyn Lau was born on 2 July, 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a Canadian poet and novelist. Discover Evelyn Lau's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?
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Poet, novelist |
| Age |
52 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
2 July 1971 |
| Birthday |
2 July |
| Birthplace |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality |
Canada
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She is a member of famous Poet with the age 52 years old group.
Evelyn Lau Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Evelyn Lau Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Evelyn Lau worth at the age of 52 years old? Evelyn Lau’s income source is mostly from being a successful Poet. She is from Canada. We have estimated Evelyn Lau's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Evelyn Lau (born July 2, 1971) is a Canadian poet and novelist.
Evelyn Lau was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 2, 1971, to Chinese-Canadian parents from Hong Kong.
Lau attended Templeton Secondary School in Vancouver.
Evelyn Lau began publishing poetry at the age of 12.
At the age of 13 she won a essay writing contest hosted by the Vancouver Sun, she was awarded a meeting with Pope John Paul II.
In March 1986, at age 14, Lau left home due to parental objection to her pursuit of poetry.
She spent the next two years living itinerantly in Vancouver as a homeless person living in group homes, friends' houses, and apartments.
She also became involved with drug abuse during this time and supported herself through prostitution.
She also attempted suicide twice.
A diary she kept from March 22nd, 1986 to January 20th, 1988 was published in 1989 as Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid. The book was a critical and commercial success; Lau received praise for frankly chronicling her relationships with manipulative older men, the life and habits of a group of anarchists with whom she stayed immediately after leaving home, her experiences with a couple from Boston who smuggled her into the United States, her abuse of various drugs, and her relationship with British Columbia's child support services.
Her poems were selected for inclusion in Best American Poetry (1992) and Best Canadian Poetry (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016).
Lau has also worked as writer-in-residence at the University of British Columbia, Kwantlen University, and Vancouver Community College, and was Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Calgary.
Lau lives in Vancouver, where she is a manuscript consultant in Simon Fraser University's Writing and Publishing Program.
The diary was adapted as a film The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1993), starring Canadian actress Sandra Oh.
Lau had a well-publicized romantic relationship with W. P. Kinsella, a University of Victoria creative writing professor and poet more than 30 years her senior.
After she published a personal essay in 1997 about the relationship, Kinsella sued her for libel.
("Me and W.P." won a Western Magazine Award for Human Experience, and was shortlisted for the Gold Award for Best Article).
Her work in magazines has won four Western Magazine Awards and a National Magazine Award; she also received the Air Canada Award, the Vantage Women of Originality Award, the ACWW Community Builders Award, and the Mayor's Arts Award for Literary Arts.
On Oct. 14, 2011, Lau was named the poet laureate for the city of Vancouver.
She is the third poet to hold this honorary position; her plan is to offer 'poet-in-residence consultations with aspiring poets'.
As of fall 2023, Lau is the writer in residence at Langara College in Vancouver, BC.
