Mahealani Dudoit

[1] 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,[2] and Against Extinction.[3]

Dudoit founded the literary journal 'Oiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal' in 1999 and served as its first editor.[4] 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."[5]

She received the Ernest Hemingway Memorial Award for Poetry in 1989,[4] the Elliot Cades Award for Literature in 1999,[6] and a John Dominis Holt Fellowship in 2002.[7]

Dudoit was found dead in a Kaneohe hotel on August 28, 2002, along with her husband Sanford Kapana.[2] 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.[7]

Bibliography

  • Recurrent Dreams (1992)
  • Voyages of Return: Essays of Hawaiian Cultural Rediscovery (1996)

See also

References

  1. ^ Writer, Nam Q. NguyenKa Leo Contributing (2003-08-28). "In memory of Mahealani Dudoit". Ka Leo O Hawaii. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  2. ^ a b Viotti, Vicki (August 31, 2002). "Native Hawaiian writer Darlaine Dudoit mourned". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  3. ^ Dudoit, Mahealani (1999). "Against Extinction: A Legacy of Native Hawaiian Resistance Literature" (PDF). Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  4. ^ a b Oi, Cynthia (March 16, 1999). "Native voices finally heard". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  5. ^ University of Hawaii Department of English (April 2008). "Meet Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui". Tradewinds. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  6. ^ Staff report (November 18, 1999). "Keller, Dudoit honored". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  7. ^ a b Leach, Tanya Bricking (October 2005). "Night of the full moon". Vice-Versa. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  • He Oia Mau No Kakou (We Go On). Oiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. (Paperback.)

Dudoit, D. Mahealani (ed.): Published by Kuleana: Oiwi Press, 2001

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