Catherine Chung is an American writer whose first novel, Forgotten Country, received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,[1] and was an Indie Next Pick,[2] in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,[3] and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.[4][5][6] She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,[7] and was recognized in 2010 by Granta magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.[8] Her second book The Tenth Muse[9] was released to critical acclaim,[10] and was a 2019 Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award.[11] In 2015 Buzzfeed named her one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers.[12]
Catherine Chung | |
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 Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago Cornell University (MFA) |
| Genre | Novel |
Early life and education
editChung was born in Evanston, Illinois,[6] and has a brother.[8] She grew up in New York, New Jersey and Michigan.[6]
She graduated with a mathematics degree from the University of Chicago, and worked at the think tank the RAND Corporation before attending Cornell University to receive her MFA.[6]
Career
editChung's critically acclaimed debut novel, Forgotten Country, was published in 2012 by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Press.[5] Her second novel, The Tenth Muse was published in 2019 by Ecco, a division of Harper Collins.[13] She has also published short stories and essays in The New York Times,[14] The Rumpus,[15] and Granta,[16] and was the recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize in Poetry.[17]
She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, Civitella Ranieri, and Jentel, and received support for her writing from the Camargo Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation.[18] She was a Picador Guest Professor at the University of Leipzig, a Director's Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,[19] and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Adelphi University.[20][21] Chung is the recipient of a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, and a Granta New Voice.[22]
References
edit- ^ "The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Forgotten Country". Indiebound.org. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Top 10 First Novels: 2012, by Donna Seaman | Booklist Online.
- ^ "Bookpage Best Books of 2012". BookPage.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ a b Jan Stuart, Fiction Chronicle" "New Books by Jon McGregor and Others", The New York Times, April 22, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Korean-American author’s riveting tale of family secrets", Korea Herald, June 1, 2012, accessed March 13, 2013
- ^ "NEA announces 2014 creative writing fellowships". Los Angeles Times. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ a b Patrick Ryan (March 21, 2012). "Interview: Catherine Chung". Granta. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ "The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung - E-book". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "The Tenth Muse". www.catherinechung.com. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "The Tenth Muse | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. 2019. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Lee, Jarry (2015-05-07). "32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need To Be Reading". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Catherine Chung". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Chung, Catherine (2012-10-11). "Novel Neighborhoods". Opinionator. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Yellow Peril and the American Dream". The Rumpus.net. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Wish". Granta Magazine. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund 2008 Awards". www.dorothyprizes.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Catherine Chung -- Lippincott Massie McQuilkin -- Literary Agents". lmqlit.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "Catherine Chung - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Catherine Chung | American Studies Leipzig". americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Announcing Catherine Chung as our Newest Faculty Member". events.adelphi.edu. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Biography". www.catherinechung.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
External links
edit- Catherine Chung, Official website
- Catherine Chung, "Novel Neighborhoods", Opinionator blog, The New York Times, October 11, 2012