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Ocean Vuong
Vietnamese-American writer (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | Vương Quốc Vinh[1] (1988-10-14) October 14, 1988 (age 35) Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam |
Occupation | Poet, writer, professor |
Education | Brooklyn College (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Genre | Poetry, essays, novel |
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