Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2009) Winner
Vu Tran
ヴ・トラン
Vu Tran
Aliases:
Vu Hoang Tran
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975-09-17 （Saigon, Vietnam）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Vietnamese
- Residence History
- Saigon, Vietnam → Pulau Bidong, Malaysia (refugee camp) → Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA → Iowa, USA → Las Vegas, Nevada, USA → Chicago, Illinois, USA
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2003-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tulsa | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University of Tulsa | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Iowa Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | — | Black Mountain Institute | PhD | — | United States |
University of Tulsa
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
BA and MA in English
University of Tulsa
English
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
BA and MA in English
University of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in fiction
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Black Mountain Institute
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD in English and creative writing, Glenn Schaeffer Fellow in Fiction
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Short-Story Award for New Writers | Monsoon | — | Glimmer Train Stories | winner |
| 2004 | Lawrence Foundation Prize | — | — | Michigan Quarterly Review | winner |
| 2009 | Whiting Writers' Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2011 | Vilcek Prize | — | Creative Promise in Literature | Vilcek Foundation | finalist |
| 2015 | New York Times Notable Books | Dragonfish | — | The New York Times | selected |
| 2018 | National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | fellow |
Short-Story Award for New Writers
2003
Work:
Monsoon
Organization:
Glimmer Train Stories
Result:
winner
Lawrence Foundation Prize
2004
Organization:
Michigan Quarterly Review
Result:
winner
Whiting Writers' Award
2009
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Vilcek Prize
2011
Category:
Creative Promise in Literature
Organization:
Vilcek Foundation
Result:
finalist
New York Times Notable Books
2015
Work:
Dragonfish
Organization:
The New York Times
Result:
selected
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
2018
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
fellow
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dragonfish
2015 Literary fictionDebut novel by Vietnamese American writer.
immigrationidentitycrime
Bibliography
- Dragonfish
- Monsoon
- A Painted Face
- The Gift of Years
- This or Any Desert
- War and Peace and Nostalgia
- A Refugee Again
- Under the Murakami Spell
- Origins
- Like Evening
- On White-Passing and Cuttlefish
Legacy
Vietnamese American writer noted for works depicting immigrant experiences.