Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong
Vuong at the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival
BornVương Quốc Vinh[1]
(1988-10-14) October 14, 1988 (age 35)
Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
OccupationPoet, writer, professor
EducationBrooklyn College (BA)
New York University (MFA)
GenrePoetry, essays, novel
Notable works
Notable awards
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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong (born Vương Quốc Vinh, Vietnamese: [vɨəŋ˧ kuək˧˥ viɲ˧]; born 14 October, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation,[2] 2016 Whiting Award,[3] and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize.[4] His debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, was published in 2019. He received a MacArthur Grant that same year.[5]

  1. ^ Kameelah Janan Rasheed (February 2013). "A Vessel for Peace: An Interview with Writer Ocean Vuong". Well&Often. Archived from the original on December 22, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  2. ^ B. Cho, Isabella (April 30, 2021). "Ocean Vuong Talks New Work, Diasporic Writing, and the Ethics of Narrative Expression". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
    "Award-Winning Poet to Read". Hamilton College. November 4, 2016. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, John (March 23, 2016). "Whiting Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Awards for Writing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  4. ^ Harriet Staff (January 15, 2018). "Ocean Vuong Wins T.S. Eliot Prize". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  5. ^ Flood, Alison (September 25, 2019). "$625,000 'genius grants' go to Ocean Vuong and six other writers". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.