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Ye Chun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ye.

Ye Chun (Chinese: 叶春) is a Chinese-American writer and literary translator.

Life

Ye was born in Luoyang, China, and moved to the U.S. in 1999.[1] She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri.[2] She teaches at Providence College.[3]

Ye's novel in Chinese,《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea), was published by People's Literature Publishing House in 2011.[4] 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.[5][6]

Awards

Ye's book of poetry, Lantern Puzzle, won the 2011 Berkshire Prize.[7][8] She received an NEA fellowship in 2015[4] and a Pushcart Prize for her poem "The Luoyang Poem" in 2017,[9] a second Pushcart Prize in 2018 for her story, "Milk,",[10] and a third in 2020 for her story, "Hao." Her collection of stories, Hao,[11] was published by Catapult in 2021 and was longlisted for 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction.[12] It was named a Lithub's favorite book of the year,[13] a New York Public Library's best book of 2021,[14] and Electric Lit's Favorite Short Story Collection of the year.[15] Her debut novel in English, Straw Dogs of the Universe,[16] was published by Catapult in 2023 and longlisted for 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction [17] and named a Washington Post's notable work of the year.[18]

Works

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

  1. ^ "Cerise Press › Ye Chun on Mapping Images, Word and Landscapes". Cerisepress.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Chun Ye". The English Department at Providence College. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ Assistant Professor at Providence College.
  4. ^ a b "Ye Chun". Arts.gov. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize - The American Literary Translators Association". Literarytranslators.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ "2016 Lucien Stryk Shortlist: Ripened Wheat, by Hai Zi, trans. by Ye Chun". Literytranslators.org. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Berkshire Prize". Tupelopress.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Lantern Puzzle by Ye Chun - Tupelo Press, independent poetry publisher". Tupelopress.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. ^ Henderson, Bill. "Pushcart prize XLI, 2017 : best of the small presses - Farmington Public Librar". Link.infoway.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  10. ^ Henderson, Bill; Pushcart Press, eds. (9 April 2019). "Pushcart prize XLII, 2018: best of the small presses". Pushcart Prize Fellowships. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Hao by Ye Chun".
  12. ^ "2022 Carnegie Medals".
  13. ^ "Lithub's favorite book of 2021".
  14. ^ "New York Public Library's best book of the year".
  15. ^ "Electric Lit's Favorite Short Story Collection of 2021".
  16. ^ "Straw Dogs of the Universe by Ye Chun".
  17. ^ "2024 Carnegie Medals".
  18. ^ "Washington Post Best Fiction of 2023".
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Chun