Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong in 2014
Born	October 14, 1988 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Alma mater	Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Genre	poetry, essays
Notable awards	Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg fellowship; The Pushcart Prize

Ocean Vuong (born October 14, 1988) is an American poet and essayist. He is a recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and a 2016 Whiting Award for his poetry.

Personal life

Vuong was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1988 and immigrated to the United States in 1990.^[1]

He currently lives in Astoria, Queens, in New York City.^[2] Vuong is openly gay.^[3]

Career

Vuong received his B.A. in Nineteenth Century English Literature at Brooklyn College, within the City University of New York system, where he studied under poet and novelist Ben Lerner.^[4][5]

His poems and essays have been published in various journals, including Poetry,^[6] The Nation,^[7] Tri-Quarterly,^[8] Guernica,^[9] The Rumpus,^[10] Boston Review,^[11] and Narrative Magazine.

His first chapbook, Burnings (Sibling Rivalry Press), was a 2011 “Over The Rainbow” selection for notable LGBTQ books by the American Library Association.^[12] His second chapbook, No (YesYes Books), was released in 2013.^[13]

His debut full-length collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds,^[14] was released by Copper Canyon Press in 2016; as of April that year, the publisher ran a second printing.^[15]

Awards and fellowships

• Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg fellowship, 2014^[16]
• The Pushcart Prize, 2014^[17]
• The Elizabeth George Foundation Fellowship, 2013^[18]
• Chad Walsh Prize, Beloit Poetry Journal, 2013
• Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets, 2012^[19]
• The Narrative Prize, 2015
• Whiting Award for Poetry, 2016

Bibliography

• Burnings, (Sibling Rivalry Press), 2011 (chapbook)
• No, YesYes Books, 2013 (chapbook)
• Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Copper Canyon Press, 2016

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of Vietnamese Americans

References

1. "Ocean Vuong". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
2. "Events In Queens For September 25-October 2". Queens Tribune. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
3. Accessed October 4, 2016.
4. "Brooklyn College | Ocean Sounds: A Brooklyn College Alumnus Reflects on His Life". Brooklyn.cuny.edu. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
5. "Brooklyn College | Mentoring Demands Respect, Says Ben Lerner About His Work with Ocean Vuong". Brooklyn.cuny.edu. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
6. "Ocean Vuong". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
7. Vuong, Ocean (2014-01-28). "Eurydice". The Nation. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
8. "|". Triquarterly.org. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
9. "Ocean Vuong: I Remember Anyway - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics". Guernicamag.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
10. "Ocean Vuong". The Rumpus.net. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
11. "Poet's Sampler: Ocean Vuong". Boston Review. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
12. "2012 Over the Rainbow List–74 LGBT Books for Adult Readers! – Over the Rainbow Books". Glbtrt.ala.org. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
13. "yesyesbooks". yesyesbooks. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
14. "Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Poetry by Ocean Vuong". Copper Canyon Press. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
15. "Copper Canyon Press - Timeline". Facebook. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
16. "Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
17. "Welcome to Pushcart Press: Publishers of The Pushcart Prize". Pushcartprize.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
18. "The Elizabeth George Foundation". Elizabethgeorgeonline.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.