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Maya Ying Lin is an American architect and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although she is best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. According to Lin, she draws inspiration from the architecture of nature but believes that nothing she creates can match its beauty.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1959-10-05 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceAthens, United States of America
FatherHenry Huan Lin
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMaya Ying Lin
AwardsPearl S. Buck Award, Rachel Carson Award, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, Rome Prize, National Women's Hall of Fame, National Medal of Arts, White House Fellows, Time 100, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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