Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (2024) Winner
Yoon Choi
ユン・チョイ
Yun Choi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Korean
- Residence History
- Long Island, New York → Orange County, California
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2017-2024
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (Stegner Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Stephen Dixon, Alice McDermott, Jean McGarry
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | — | Writing | BA | 学部時代 | United States |
| New York University | — | Creative Writing MFA | — | 短期間 | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | — | Creative Writing | MA | 1年間 | United States |
Manhattan School of Music
Country:
United States
Johns Hopkins University
Writing
Degree:
BA
Period:
学部時代
Country:
United States
Attended as undergraduate
New York University
Creative Writing MFA
Period:
短期間
Country:
United States
Briefly attended for MFA
Johns Hopkins University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Period:
1年間
Country:
United States
Completed one-year MA and taught for a subsequent year
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Whiting Award | — | Fiction | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2022 | PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize | Skinship | Debut Short Story Collection | PEN America | winner |
| 2018 | Stegner Fellowship | — | Fiction | Stanford University | fellow |
Whiting Award
2024
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
2022
Work:
Skinship
Category:
Debut Short Story Collection
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
Stegner Fellowship
2018
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Stanford University
Result:
fellow
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Skinship
2021 short story collectionA short story collection exploring Korean and Korean American identity, language and translation, and family.
Korean American identitylanguage and translationfamily
Bibliography
- Skinship
- The Art of Losing
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- family dynamicscultural intersectionsloss
Legacy
Acclaimed Korean American writer whose debut collection Skinship won several awards and made multiple best-of-year lists.