Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, 2016 Whiting Award, and... Wikipedia

• Born:  Vương Quốc Vinh, October 14, 1988, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
• Age:  36 years
• Occupation:  Poet, writer, professor
• Education:  Brooklyn College (BA), New York University (MFA)
• Genre:  Poetry, essays, novel
• Notable works:  Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016), On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019)
• Notable awards:  Forward Prizes for Poetry, Pushcart Prize, T. S. Eliot Prize, Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship
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