PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 41 (2021) Nominee
Matthew Salesses
ましゅー・されせす
Mashū Saresesu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- South Korea
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Storrs, Connecticut → Prague, Czech Republic → South Korea → Blacksburg, Virginia (Virginia Tech)
Career
- Occupations
- Fiction writer, Essayist, Associate Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
- Affiliations
- Virginia Tech, Columbia University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | College of Arts and Sciences | English and Creative Writing | BA | — | United States |
| Emerson College | — | Writing, Literature, and Publishing | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Houston | — | Literature and Creative Writing | PhD | — | United States |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
College of Arts and Sciences
/ English and Creative Writing
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Emerson College
Writing, Literature, and Publishing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Fiction
University of Houston
Literature and Creative Writing
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | PEN/Faulkner Finalist | — | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | Finalist |
PEN/Faulkner Finalist
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
Finalist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Hundred-Year Flood
2015 NovelA novel exploring immigrant identity set in Prague during a hundred-year flood.
ImmigrationIdentityFamily
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear
2020 NovelA novel exploring the boundary between doppelgängers and reality.
Reality and FantasySelf
Craft in the Real World
2021 Writing GuideAn examination of American writing workshops incorporating Asian storytelling traditions like kishōtenketsu.
CraftMulticulturalism
Bibliography
- The Last Repatriate (2011)
- I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying (2013)
- The Hundred-Year Flood (2015)
- Different Racisms (2017)
- Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear (2020)
- Craft in the Real World (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Kishōtenketsu-influenced structuresMulticultural narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- AdoptionIdentity searchRace
Legacy
Korean American writer contributing to Asian American literature and creative writing pedagogy, advocating rethinking of traditional workshops.
Trivia
- Born in South Korea and adopted by white American parents at age 2.
- Named one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers by BuzzFeed.
- Faced controversy in 2023 over Columbia University course contract requiring race/gender labeling.