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'''Catherine Chung''' is a Korean–American writer whose first novel, ''[[Forgotten Country]], ''received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/?page_id=688|title=The Hemingway Society|website=www.hemingwaysociety.org|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> and was an Indie Next Pick,<ref>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594488085/catherine-chung/forgotten-country</ref> in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,<ref>http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=5730874&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</ref> and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookpage.com/content/bestof2012|title=Bookpage Best Books of 2012 - Page {{!}} BookPage|website=BookPage.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/books/review/new-books-by-jon-mcgregor-and-others.html Jan Stuart, Fiction Chronicle" "New Books by Jon McGregor and Others"], ''New York Times'', April 22, 2012</ref><ref name="herald">[http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120601000868&cpv=0 "Korean-American author’s riveting tale of family secrets"], ''Korea Herald'', June 1, 2012, accessed March 13, 2013</ref> She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-nea-announces-2014-creative-writing-fellowships-20131211-story.html|title=NEA announces 2014 creative writing fellowships|date=2013-12-12|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> and was recognized in 2010 by ''[[Granta]]'' magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.<ref name="granta">{{cite web | url=http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-Catherine-Chung | title=Interview: Catherine Chung | author=Patrick Ryan | date=March 21, 2012 | work=Granta |accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref> Her second book is ''The Tenth Muse''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062574091/the-tenth-muse|title=The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung - E-book|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
'''Catherine Chung''' is a Korean–American writer whose first novel, ''[[Forgotten Country]], ''received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/?page_id=688|title=The Hemingway Society|website=www.hemingwaysociety.org|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> and was an Indie Next Pick,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594488085/catherine-chung/forgotten-country |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617054952/http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594488085/catherine-chung/forgotten-country |archive-date=2013-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,<ref>http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=5730874&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</ref> and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookpage.com/content/bestof2012|title=Bookpage Best Books of 2012 - Page {{!}} BookPage|website=BookPage.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/books/review/new-books-by-jon-mcgregor-and-others.html Jan Stuart, Fiction Chronicle" "New Books by Jon McGregor and Others"], ''New York Times'', April 22, 2012</ref><ref name="herald">[http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120601000868&cpv=0 "Korean-American author’s riveting tale of family secrets"], ''Korea Herald'', June 1, 2012, accessed March 13, 2013</ref> She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-nea-announces-2014-creative-writing-fellowships-20131211-story.html|title=NEA announces 2014 creative writing fellowships|date=2013-12-12|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> and was recognized in 2010 by ''[[Granta]]'' magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.<ref name="granta">{{cite web | url=http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-Catherine-Chung | title=Interview: Catherine Chung | author=Patrick Ryan | date=March 21, 2012 | work=Granta |accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref> Her second book is ''The Tenth Muse''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062574091/the-tenth-muse|title=The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung - E-book|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 16:18, 1 November 2019

Catherine Chung
Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
Catherine Chung at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
BornEvanston, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago;
GenreNovel

Catherine Chung is a Korean–American writer whose first novel, Forgotten Country, received an Honorable Mention for the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award,[1] and was an Indie Next Pick,[2] in addition to being chosen for several best of lists including Booklist's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2012,[3] and the San Francisco Chronicle's and Bookpage's Best Books of 2012.[4][5][6] She received a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing,[7] and was recognized in 2010 by Granta magazine as one of its "New Voices" of the year.[8] Her second book is The Tenth Muse.[9]

Early life and education

Chung was born in Evanston, Illinois,[6] and has a brother.[8] She grew up in New York, New Jersey and Michigan.[6]

She graduated with a mathematics degree from the University of Chicago, and worked at the think tank The RAND Corporation before attending Cornell University to receive her MFA.[6]

Career

Chung's critically acclaimed debut novel, Forgotten Country, was published in 2012 by Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin Press.[5] She has also published short stories and essays in The New York Times,[10] The Rumpus,[11] and Granta,[12] and was the recipient of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize in Poetry.[13]

She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and Jentel, and received support for her writing from The Camargo Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation.[14] She was a Picador Guest Professor at The University of Leipzig, and is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Adelphi University.[15][16] She is a fiction editor at Guernica Magazine.[17] Catherine is the recipient of a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing, and a Granta New Voice.[18]

References

  1. ^ "The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=5730874&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
  4. ^ "Bookpage Best Books of 2012 - Page | BookPage". BookPage.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. ^ a b Jan Stuart, Fiction Chronicle" "New Books by Jon McGregor and Others", New York Times, April 22, 2012
  6. ^ a b c d "Korean-American author’s riveting tale of family secrets", Korea Herald, June 1, 2012, accessed March 13, 2013
  7. ^ "NEA announces 2014 creative writing fellowships". Los Angeles Times. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. ^ a b Patrick Ryan (March 21, 2012). "Interview: Catherine Chung". Granta. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung - E-book". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  10. ^ Chung, Catherine (2012-10-11). "Novel Neighborhoods". Opinionator. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  11. ^ "Yellow Peril and the American Dream". The Rumpus.net. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  12. ^ "Wish". Granta Magazine. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  13. ^ www.dorothyprizes.org http://www.dorothyprizes.org/2009awards.htm. Retrieved 2019-10-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ http://www.lmqlit.com/author-display.php?art=Catherine+Chung
  15. ^ "Catherine Chung | American Studies Leipzig". americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  16. ^ "Announcing Catherine Chung as our Newest Faculty Member". events.adelphi.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  17. ^ "About Guernica". Guernica. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  18. ^ "Biography". www.catherinechung.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
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