PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2018) Winner
Weike Wang
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Weike Wang
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Nanjing, China
- Nationality
- China, United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nanjing, China → Australia → Canada → United States (rural town)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2016-
- Influenced By
- Sherman Alexie
- Nominations
- National Book Foundation 5 under 35 (2017), Best American Short Stories 2019 (Omakase), O. Henry Prize 2019 (Omakase)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Chemistry (undergraduate) | Public Health | BA, PhD | — | United States |
| Boston University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Harvard University
Chemistry (undergraduate)
/ Public Health
Degree:
BA, PhD
Country:
United States
Undergraduate in chemistry, pre-med but reconsidered. PhD in public health.
Boston University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Received MFA.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | PEN/Hemingway Award | Chemistry | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Whiting Award | — | Fiction | — | 受賞 |
PEN/Hemingway Award
2018
Work:
Chemistry
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
2018
Category:
Fiction
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2018) Winner
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 98 (2019) Winner
Works
Major Works
Chemistry
2017 NovelA Chinese-American woman in chemistry grapples with identity, love, and family expectations.
Science and literatureImmigrant anxietiesLove and family sacrifices
Joan Is Okay
2022 NovelFollows Joan, a 30-something ICU nurse navigating grief and life.
GriefEveryday lifePandemic
Rental House
2024 NovelStory revolving around a rental house.
Bibliography
- Chemistry (2017), Joan Is Okay (2022), Rental House (2024), Short stories: Conversations with My Father (2016), Omakase (2018), Hair (2018), The Trip (2019), The Poster (2020), Flight Home (2020), Oasis Room (2021), Status in Flux (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Nameless protagonistsJuxtaposition of scientific elegance and humorElliptical prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Science and relationshipsImmigrant experienceUse of nameless characters
Legacy
Emerging voice in Chinese-American literature, PEN/Hemingway Award winner, contributor to The New Yorker.
Trivia
- Only Asian in her school in a rural white town.
- Terrible at naming characters, hence nameless protagonists.