Mahealani Dudoit Explained

Darlaine Māhealani MuiLan Dudoit (1954 – August 28, 2002) was a Hawaiian poet, essayist and editor. Her work appeared in the literary journals Manoa, the Hawaii Review, and The Southwest Review, as well as the anthologies Sister Stew, Growing Up Local,[1] and Against Extinction.[2]

Dudoit founded the literary journal 'Oiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal in 1999 and served as its first editor.[3] According to her successor, Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui, "Mahealani knew how difficult it was for Hawaiian writers to get published in other venues for various reasons. Oiwi was created as a place where Hawaiian literary voices could be heard, nurtured, appreciated."[4]

She received the Ernest Hemingway Memorial Award for Poetry in 1989,[3] the Elliot Cades Award for Literature in 1999,[5] and a John Dominis Holt Fellowship in 2002.[6]

Dudoit was found dead in a Kaneohe hotel on August 28, 2002, along with her husband Sanford Kapana.[1] The Honolulu police department ruled her death a suicide. This conclusion was disputed by the medical examiner's office, citing inconclusive autopsy results, a lack of motive, and a restraining order that she had filed against her husband.[6]

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  1. Web site: Native Hawaiian writer Darlaine Dudoit mourned. Viotti. Vicki. August 31, 2002. Honolulu Advertiser. 2014-04-24.
  2. Web site: Against Extinction: A Legacy of Native Hawaiian Resistance Literature . Dudoit . Mahealani . 1999 . Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii . 2014-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026020725/http://www2.hawaii.edu/~aoude/pdf/17Dudoit.pdf . 2011-10-26 .
  3. Web site: Native voices finally heard. Oi. Cynthia. March 16, 1999. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 2014-04-24.
  4. Web site: Meet Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui. University of Hawaii Department of English. April 2008. Tradewinds. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120516170533/http://www.english.hawaii.edu/tradewinds/1_3/hoomanawanui.html. 2012-05-16. 2014-04-24.
  5. Web site: Keller, Dudoit honored. Staff report. November 18, 1999. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 2014-04-24.
  6. Web site: Night of the full moon. Leach. Tanya Bricking. October 2005. Vice-Versa. 2014-04-24.

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