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第41回（2020年） Winner
Victoria Chang
ヴィクトリア・チャン
Vikutoria Chan
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- West Bloomfield, Michigan (raised) → Atlanta, Georgia (resident while at Georgia Tech)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, writer, editor, critic, professor
- 活動期間
- 2005年〜
- 所属
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Bourne Chair in Poetry)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | — | Asian Studies | B.A. | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Asian Studies | M.A. | — | United States |
| Stanford Business School | — | Business | M.B.A. | — | United States |
| Warren Wilson College (MFA Program) | — | Poetry (MFA) | M.F.A. | — | United States |
University of Michigan
Asian Studies
学位:
B.A.
国:
United States
Harvard University
Asian Studies
学位:
M.A.
国:
United States
Stanford Business School
Business
学位:
M.B.A.
国:
United States
Warren Wilson College (MFA Program)
Poetry (MFA)
学位:
M.F.A.
国:
United States
Held a Holden Scholarship
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry) | OBIT | — | Los Angeles Times | Winner |
| 2020 | PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry | OBIT | — | PEN America | Winner |
| 2021 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Poetry) | OBIT | — | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | Winner |
| 2024 | Forward Prize for Best Collection | With My Back to the World | — | Forward Prizes | Winner |
| 2017 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Fellowship |
| 2025 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Fellowship |
| 2020 | Lannan Residency Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | Fellowship |
| 2023 | Chowdhury International Prize in Literature | — | — | Chowdhury International Prize | Winner |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Club of California (California Book Awards) | The Boss | Silver Medal | Commonwealth Club of California | Winner |
| 2014 | PEN Center USA Literary Award | The Boss | — | PEN Center USA | Winner |
| 2018 | Poetry Society of America Alice Fay di Castagnola Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | Winner |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry)
2020
対象作品:
OBIT
主催:
Los Angeles Times
結果:
Winner
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
2020
対象作品:
OBIT
主催:
PEN America
結果:
Winner
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Poetry)
2021
対象作品:
OBIT
主催:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
結果:
Winner
Forward Prize for Best Collection
2024
対象作品:
With My Back to the World
主催:
Forward Prizes
結果:
Winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2017
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2025
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
Fellowship
Lannan Residency Fellowship
2020
主催:
Lannan Foundation
結果:
Fellowship
Chowdhury International Prize in Literature
2023
主催:
Chowdhury International Prize
結果:
Winner
Commonwealth Club of California (California Book Awards)
2014
対象作品:
The Boss
部門:
Silver Medal
主催:
Commonwealth Club of California
結果:
Winner
PEN Center USA Literary Award
2014
対象作品:
The Boss
主催:
PEN Center USA
結果:
Winner
Poetry Society of America Alice Fay di Castagnola Award
2018
主催:
Poetry Society of America
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Circle
2005年 PoetryEarly collection exploring memory and personal relationships through lyrical poems.
memoryfamilyself-exploration
Salvinia Molesta
2008年 PoetryUses images of nature and invasive plants to address personal and cultural themes.
naturealienationcultural identity
The Boss
2014年 PoetryA collection containing poetic experiments on labor, the body, and power relations.
laborphysicalitypower
Barbie Chang
2017年 PoetryReexamines the image of 'Barbie' connecting it to consumer culture and identity.
consumer cultureidentityfemininity
OBIT
2020年 Poetry (experimental obituary forms)An experimental collection using obituary forms to probe loss, grief, and memory; critically acclaimed and award-winning.
lossgriefmemory
The Trees Witness Everything
2022年 Poetry (formal experiments including waka)A collection inspired by Japanese forms such as waka, using formal experiments to consider memory, family, and history.
formal experimentationfamilyhistory
With My Back to the World
2024年 PoetryTraverses personal and collective memory, addressing silence, loss, and recovery; recipient of the Forward Prize.
silencerecoverymemory
Tree of Knowledge
2026年 PoetryUpcoming poetry collection (limited public information).
knowledgetransmission
全著作
- Circle (2005)
- Salvinia Molesta (2008)
- The Boss (2014)
- Barbie Chang (2017)
- OBIT (2020)
- The Trees Witness Everything (2022)
- With My Back to the World (2024)
- Tree of Knowledge (2026)
- Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief (2021)
- Is Mommy? (children's book, 2015)
- Love Love (middle grade verse novel, 2020)
- EUREKA (children's book, 2026)
- Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation (ed., 2004)
作風・主題
- 文体
- formally experimental poetryrepurposing established forms (obituaries, waka)lyric and discursive voice
- 頻出モチーフ
- loss and griefmemory and silenceAsian-American lived experiencemotherhood and family
評価・遺産
Victoria Chang is known for combining formal experimentation with personal experience, addressing loss, memory, and immigrant background; her award-winning work has made significant contributions to contemporary poetry and earned international recognition.
関連学会
- Poetry Society of America (associated award)
豆知識
- In OBIT she uses obituary forms to explore grief and loss.
- Her work experiments with Japanese forms such as waka.
- She also writes picture books and a middle-grade verse novel.
- Serves as Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech.