Ken Chen
Ken Chen (born 1979 San Diego, California) is an American poet and lawyer.
Early life
The son of immigrant from Taiwan, Chen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1] He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained a BA in English Literature (with a minor in Creative Writing) and Yale Law School, where he earned a JD.
Career
Chen was an editor of Arts & Letters Daily while at Berkeley and worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP after law school. He is currently director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop.[2]
His writing has been published the Art Asia Pacific, Boston Review of Books, Manoa, Field, Pleiades,[3] and Barrow Street, Bridge, Radical Society, 5 Fingers Review,[4] and Palimpsest.
Personal life
Chen lives in Brooklyn, New York.[5][6]
Awards
Works
- Juvenilia. Yale University Press. April 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-16007-9.
- Best American Essays 2006. Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-70529-0.
References
- ↑ http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/7932032/article-耶魯青年詩人獎-首頒華裔?instance=hof2
- ↑ "Ken Chen Named Executive Director of Asian American Writers' Workshop | Daily News | Poets & Writers". pw.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "University of Central Missouri". ucmo.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ Bachman, M. (2002). Five Fingers Review. Five Fingers Poetry. ISSN 0898-0233. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2005, Two Poems by Ken Chen". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "Glück Picks Ken Chen For Yale Younger Poets Prize | Poets and Writers". pw.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ↑ "you are here: Congratulations to Ken Chen, Recipient of the 2009 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award". apapoetry.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
External links
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