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Gish Jen

American writer and speaker

Gish Jen
Photo by Romana Vysatova, 2015
Born	Lillian Jen (1955-08-12) August 12, 1955 (age 69)^[1] Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, speaker
Education	Harvard University (BA) Stanford Graduate School of Business Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Period	1986 – 21st century
Genre	novel
Notable works	Typical American Mona in the Promised Land The Love Wife Who's Irish? World and Town Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap The Resisters Thank You, Mr. Nixon
Spouse	David C. O'Connor
Children	2
www.gishjen.com, www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/gish-jen/

Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; (Chinese: 任璧蓮) August 12, 1955) is a contemporary American writer and speaker.^[1]

Early life and education

Gish Jen is a second-generation Chinese American. Her parents emigrated from China in the 1940s; her mother was from Shanghai and her father was from Yixing. Born in

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Gish Jen

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Born

in Long Island, New York, The United States

August 12, 1955

Website

http://www.gishjen.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Gish Jen grew up in New York, where she spoke more Yiddish than Chinese. She has been featured in a PBS American Masters program on the American novel. Her distinctions also include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship, a Fulbright fellowship, and a Radcliffe Institute fellowship. She was awarded a Lannan Literary Prize in 1999 and received a Harold and Mildred Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, she has published in the New Yorker and other magazines.

John Updike selected a story of Jen's for The Best American Short Stories of The Century. Her newest book, Tiger Writing, is based on the Massey Lectures in thGish Jen grew up in New York, where she spoke more Yiddish than Chinese. She has been featured in

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Gish Jen Biography

For someone whose first novel was just published in 1991, Gish Jen has already made quite a mark on the literary scene. Her first novel, Typical American, was a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle award, and her second novel, Mona in the Promised Land, was listed as one of the ten best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times. In addition, both novels made the New York Times "Notable Books of the Year" list. Jen's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled Who's Irish, has also been largely acclaimed, putting Jen's name once again on the New York Times "Notable Books of the Year" list, while one of the short stories in the collection, "Birthmates," was chosen for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Jen's work has been canonized via inclusion in the Heath Anthology of American Literature, discussions of her work appear in various studies of American—and particularly Asian-American—literature, and her writing is well-represented in college literature courses.

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