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Poet, novelist, biographer, and teacher with lasting contributions to Hawai‘i’s literary communities with a focus on poetry, Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian culture. Marjorie Edel arrived in Honolulu on the University of Hawai‘i’s first graduate exchange student program in 1935. She was the author of two novels, Kona (1947),and The Wild Wind (1950),a biography, Nahi‘ena‘ena: Sacred Daughter of Hawai‘i (1976),and numerous poems and short stories reflecting the native Hawaiian experience in the early 20th century. She also collaborated on translations of the poetry of Lily Pao-Hu Chong and edited The Path of the Ocean: Traditional Poetry of Polynesia (1982). In addition to teaching in the UHM English Department, she worked closely with the Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council for over 25 years. Marjorie Edel received the Hawai‘i Writer’s Award in 1981.