PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2013) Winner
Andrew Lam
アンドリュー・ラム
Andoryū Ramu
Aliases:
Lâm Quang Dũng
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964 （South Vietnam）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Vietnamese
- Residence History
- South Vietnam → United States
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- New America Media, Pacific News Service
- Memberships
- John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | Biochemistry | BA | — | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United States |
| Lycée Yersin | — | — | — | — | South Vietnam |
University of California, Berkeley
Biochemistry
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
San Francisco State University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Lycée Yersin
Country:
South Vietnam
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Outstanding Young Journalist Award | — | — | Society of Professional Journalists | 受賞 |
| 2006 | PEN/Beyond Margins Award | Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
Outstanding Young Journalist Award
1993
Organization:
Society of Professional Journalists
Result:
受賞
PEN/Beyond Margins Award
2006
Work:
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
2005 Essay CollectionA collection of essays about the problem of identity as a Vietnamese living in the U.S.
Vietnamese DiasporaIdentity
East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
2010 EssaysA meditation on east–west relations, and how Asian immigration changed the West.
East-West RelationsImmigration
Birds of Paradise Lost
2013 Short Story CollectionA collection of short stories about Vietnamese newcomers struggling to remake their lives in the San Francisco Bay after a long, painful exodus from Vietnam.
Immigrant StrugglesAdaptation
Stories from the Edge of the Sea
2025 Short StoriesBibliography
- Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora (2005)
- East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres (2010)
- Birds of Paradise Lost (2013)
- Stories from the Edge of the Sea (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative from Vietnamese American perspectiveCultural hybridity
- Recurring Motifs
- DiasporaIdentity crisisEast-West cultural clash
Legacy
A Vietnamese American author and journalist who has written about the Overseas Vietnamese experience. Regular contributor to NPR's All Things Considered and Huffington Post.
Quotes
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Art is the lesser sister to medicine. It aims to heal.
Source: Andrew Lam
Trivia
- Son of General Lam Quang Thi of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
- Fled Vietnam with family during the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
- Reticent about his sexuality but featured in a collection of portraits of homosexual Americans.
- Featured in PBS documentary My Journey Home.