Kealoha（诗人）

Kealoha是夏威夷的第一个诗人劳特。作为一位国际知名的诗人和​​讲故事者，他在全世界都在全世界履行 - 从白宫到“伊罗拉尼宫，从巴西到瑞士。他是夏威夷历史上的第一个诗人，在州长的职位上表演，被选为艺术计划的国家捐赠大师艺术家，并获得了本土艺术和文化基金会的社区启发计划授予。在7年内，他在国家诗歌猛烈代表夏威夷，他在决赛阶段执行了4次，在2007年的国家最佳诗人中排名第十位，并被荣获为“国家诗歌抨击”Legend" in 2010. Kealoha was featured on HBO’s Brave New Voices series presented by Russel Simmons, and he has also made appearances on NBC, PBS, the Food Network, National Public Radio, and the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. He has performed at hundreds of live venues throughout the world including the Schiffbau (Zurich, Switzerland), the Bienal do Ibirapuera (Sao Paulo, Brazil), the NFL Pro Bowl halftime show, and the National Storytelling Network Conference. Kealoha's poetry has been printed by various publishers including the National Academy of Engineering, Auckland University Press, and Bamboo Ridge. He is the poetic vocalist for Henry Kapono’s “Wild Hawaiian” project (nominated for a Grammy), and has served as Hawai`i’s SlamMaster since 2003. Kealoha is the founder of HawaiiSlam (ranked 2nd in the nation), Youth Speaks Hawai`i (2-Time International Champions), and First Thursdays (the largest registered poetry slam in the world with 500+ in attendance). He graduated with honors from MIT with a degree in Nuclear Physics (and a minor in writing), served as a business consultant in San Francisco, and played around as a surf instructor prior to becoming a professional poet in 2002.