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Edward Chan Sieg
Edward Chan Sieg (November 8, 1928 – March 7, 2007) was an American director, writer, poet and photographer. Early lifeSieg was born in 1928 to Edward Augustus Sieg and Gladys Geraldine Chan Sieg. "Gerald" was a member of one of the oldest Chinese families in Savannah, Georgia.[1] At the age of 12, Sieg published an article on Mozart's "Requiem" in The Etude magazine.[1] He graduated from Savannah High School, then from Savannah's Armstrong Junior College and the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He earned a Master of Fine Arts and a doctoral degree at the latter institution.[1] Sieg fought in the Korean War.[2] CareerIn 1952, a year after moving to Hollywood, Sieg played Benny in a boxing movie titled The Ring.[2] He returned to Athens, Georgia, in the 1960s after being appointed the resident director at the Town and Gown Theatre.[2] While in Athens, he wrote the original play An Existentialist in the House of Death.[2] His photograph of Mark Spitz at the 1972 Summer Olympics, shortly after winning the gold medal, also won Sieg a gold medal at the International Photographic Competition.[1] In the 1970s, Sieg worked at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center.[1] In 1984, Sieg published The Squares: An Introduction to Savannah.[2][3] He followed it up the next year with Eden on the Marsh: An Illustrated History of Savannah.[4] The proceeds from The Squares go toward benefiting Chatham Academy, a Savannah school for children with learning disabilities.[2] Personal lifeSieg married Elizabeth, with whom he had a son and a daughter.[2] His father died in 1969, aged 61; his mother died in 2005, aged 95. They are both interred in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery. DeathSieg died in 2007, aged 78. He was survived by his wife and children.[1] References
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