Ye Chun () is a Chinese American writer and literary translator. Her book of poetry, Lantern Puzzle, won the 2011 Berkshire Prize. She received an NEA fellowship in 2015 and a Pushcart Prize for her poem "The Luoyang Poem" in 2017, a second Pushcart Prize in 2018 for her story, "Milk," , and a third in 2020 for her story, "Hao." Her collection of stories, Hao, was published by Catapult in 2021 and was longlisted for 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fiction.
Life
She was born in Luoyang, China, and moved to the U.S. in 1999. She received an MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri. She teaches at Providence College.
Her novel in Chinese,《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea) was published by People's Literature Publishing House in 2011. She has translated works by Hai Zi, Yang Jian, Galway Kinnell, and Li-Young Lee. Her collection of translations, Ripened Wheat: Selected Poems by Hai Zi, was shortlisted for the 2016 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award.
Works
Poetry
Lantern Puzzle, Tupelo Press, 2015
Travel over Water, Bitter Oleander Press, 2005
Fiction
Hao, Catapult, 2021
《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea), 人民文学出版社 / People's Literature Publishing House, 2011
Translation
Ripened Wheat: Selected Poems of Hai Zi, Bitter Oleander Press, 2015
Long River: Poems by Yang Jian, Tinfish Press, 2018 (co-translator)
References
External links
Faculty page at Providence College
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Luoyang Poets from Henan University of Missouri alumni University of Virginia alumni Providence College faculty 21st-century American women writers 21st-century Chinese women writers 21st-century Chinese writers Chinese emigrants to the United States American writers of Chinese descent American women academics