Kimo Armitage is a

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and

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from Hale'iwa,

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, where his maternal grandparents raised him. Kimo apprenticed with

and novelist

Albert Wendt Albert Tuaopepe Wendt (born 27 October 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include ''Sons for the Return Home'', published in 1973 (adapted into a ...

. He is an assistant professor at Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the

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. He won the 2016

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Writers Exchange Award for Poetry. His first novel, ''The Healer'', was published in 2016.

Works

* ''The Healer'' – 2016

References

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