Ye Chun (Chinese: 叶春) is a Chinese American writer and literary translator. Her book of poetry, Lantern Puzzle, won the 2011 Berkshire Prize.[1][2] She received an NEA fellowship in 2015[3] and a Pushcart Prize for her poem "The Luoyang Poem" in 2017,[4] a second Pushcart Prize in 2018 for her story, "Milk," [5], and a third in 2020 for her story, "Hao." Her collection of stories, Hao,[6] was published by Catapult in 2021 and was longlisted for 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction.[7] It was named a Lithub's favorite book of the year,[8] a New York Public Library's best book of 2021,[9] and Electric Lit's Favorite Short Story Collection of the year.[10] Her debut novel in English, Straw Dogs of the Universe,[11] was published by Catapult in 2023 and longlisted for 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction [12] and named a Washington Post's notable work of the year.[13]
Life edit
She was born in Luoyang, China, and moved to the U.S. in 1999.[14] She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri.[15] She teaches at Providence College.[16]
Her novel in Chinese,《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea) was published by People's Literature Publishing House in 2011.[3] She has translated works by Hai Zi, Yang Jian, Galway Kinnell, and Li-Young Lee. Her collection of translations, Ripened Wheat: Selected Poems by Hai Zi, was shortlisted for the 2016 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award.[17][18]
Works edit
Poetry
- Lantern Puzzle, Tupelo Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1936797530
- Travel Over Water, The Bitter Oleander Press, 2005 ISBN 978-0966435863
Fiction
- Straw Dogs of the Universe, Catapult, 2023 ISBN 9781646220625
- Hao, Catapult, 2021 ISBN 9781646220601
- 《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea), 人民文学出版社 / People's Literature Publishing House, 2011 ISBN 978-7020086054
Translation
- Ripened Wheat: Selected Poems of Hai Zi, Bitter Oleander Press, 2015 ISBN 978-0986204906
- Long River: Poems by Yang Jian, Tinfish Press, 2018 (co-translator) ISBN 978-0998743882
References edit
- ^ "Berkshire Prize". Tupelopress.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Lantern Puzzle by Ye Chun - Tupelo Press, independent poetry publisher". Tupelopress.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Ye Chun". Arts.gov. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Henderson, Bill. "Pushcart prize XLI, 2017 : best of the small presses - Farmington Public Librar". Link.infoway.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Henderson, Bill; Pushcart Press, eds. (9 April 2019). "Pushcart prize XLII, 2018: best of the small presses". Pushcart Prize Fellowships. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Hao by Ye Chun".
- ^ "2022 Carnegie Medals".
- ^ "Lithub's favorite book of 2021".
- ^ "New York Public Library's best book of the year".
- ^ "Electric Lit's Favorite Short Story Collection of 2021".
- ^ "Straw Dogs of the Universe by Ye Chun".
- ^ "2024 Carnegie Medals".
- ^ "Washington Post Best Fiction of 2023".
- ^ "Cerise Press › Ye Chun on Mapping Images, Word and Landscapes". Cerisepress.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Chun Ye". The English Department at Providence College. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Assistant Professor at Providence College.
- ^ "Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize - The American Literary Translators Association". Literarytranslators.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "2016 Lucien Stryk Shortlist: Ripened Wheat, by Hai Zi, trans. by Ye Chun". Literytranslators.org. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
External links edit
- Official website
- Faculty page at Providence College