Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2008) Winner
Lysley A. Tenorio
リスレイ・エー・テノリオ
Risurei Ē Tenorio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Olongapo City, Philippines
- Nationality
- Filipino-American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Philippines → United States, San Francisco
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, novelist, associate professor
- Active Years
- 1998-2024
- Affiliations
- Saint Mary’s College of California
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oregon | — | Creative Writing | — | 1998 | United States |
| Stanford University | — | — | Stegner Fellow | 2000 | United States |
University of Oregon
Creative Writing
Period:
1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Thesis/Dissertation manuscript
Stanford University
Degree:
Stegner Fellow
Period:
2000
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United States
Wallace Stegner Fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2006 | Pushcart Prize | The Brothers | — | — | winner |
| 2006 | NEA Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | winner |
| 2013 | Edmund White Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 2002 | Nelson Algren Award | — | Short Fiction | — | winner |
| 2020 | New American Voices Award | — | — | Institute for Immigration Research | winner |
Whiting Award
2008
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Pushcart Prize
2006
Work:
The Brothers
Result:
winner
NEA Fellowship
2006
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
winner
Edmund White Award
2013
Result:
winner
Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize
2015
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Nelson Algren Award
2002
Category:
Short Fiction
Result:
winner
New American Voices Award
2020
Organization:
Institute for Immigration Research
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Monstress
2012 Short story collectionA collection of short stories featuring Filipino-American lives.
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The Son of Good Fortune
2020 NovelNovel published in 2020.
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Bibliography
- The View from Culion: Stories
- Monstress
- The Son of Good Fortune
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- vivid imageryhumorous realism
- Recurring Motifs
- immigrant experiencefamily bondscultural clashes
Legacy
Recognized Filipino-American writer who won multiple awards including Whiting Award and fellowships at Stanford.
Trivia
- Currently working on a novel.