Ye Chun

Ye Chun (Chinese: 叶春) is a Chinese American writer and literary translator. Her book of poetry, Lantern Puzzle, won the 2011 Berkshire Prize.[1][2] She received an NEA fellowship in 2015[3] and a Pushcart Prize for her poem "The Luoyang Poem" in 2017,[4] and a second Pushcart Prize in 2018 for her story, "Milk,"[5] which was first published in The Threepenny Review.[6]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ye.

Life

She was born in Luoyang, China, and moved to the U.S. in 1999.[7] She received an MA in English from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Missouri.[8] She is an assistant professor at Providence College.[9]

Her novel in Chinese,《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea) was published by People's Literature Publishing House in 2011.[3] 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.[10][11]

Works

Poetry
  • Lantern Puzzle, Tupelo Press, 2015 ISBN 978-1936797530
  • Travel over Water, Bitter Oleander Press, 2005 ISBN 978-0966435863

Fiction
  • 《海上的桃树》(Peach Tree in the Sea), 人民文学出版社 / People's Literature Publishing House, 2011 ISBN 978-7020086054

Translation
  • Ripened Wheat: Selected Poems of Hai Zi, Bitter Oleander Press, 2015 ISBN 978-0986204906
  • Long River: Poems by Yang Jian, Tinfish Press, 2018 (co-translator) ISBN 978-0998743882

In Anthologies
  • Pushcart Prize XLI, 2017 ISBN 978-1888889826
  • Pushcart Prize XLII, 2018 ISBN 978-1888889857
  • Wondering the Alphabet, The Bitter Oleander Press, 2017 ISBN 978-0986204999
  • 《中国当代女诗人随笔选》(Selected Essays of Contemporary Chinese Woman Poets), 华侨出版社 / Chinese Overseas Publishing House, 2007 ISBN 9787802223172
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References
  1. "Berkshire Prize". Tupelopress.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. "Lantern Puzzle by Ye Chun - Tupelo Press, independent poetry publisher". Tupelopress.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. "Ye Chun". Arts.gov. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. Henderson, Bill. "Pushcart prize XLI, 2017 : best of the small presses - Farmington Public Librar". Link.infoway.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. Henderson, Bill; Pushcart Press, eds. (9 April 2019). "Pushcart prize XLII, 2018: best of the small presses". Pushcart Prize Fellowships. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. "Threepenny: Ye Chun, Milk". Threepennyreview.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  7. "Cerise Press › Ye Chun on Mapping Images, Word and Landscapes". Cerisepress.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. "Chun Ye". The English Department at Providence College. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. Assistant Professor at Providence College.
  10. "Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize - The American Literary Translators Association". Literarytranslators.org. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. "2016 Lucien Stryk Shortlist: Ripened Wheat, by Hai Zi, trans. by Ye Chun". Literytranslators.org. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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