Ken Chen

Ken Chen
Chen in 2024
Born	1979 (age 45–46) San Diego, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Yale University (JD)
Occupations	Poet lawyer

Ken Chen (born 1979 is an American poet and lawyer.

Early life and education

Chen was born in 1979 in San Diego, California, to a Taiwanese American family. Chen's parents are immigrants from Taiwan. Chen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. ^[1]

In 2001, Chen graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with his Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. As an undergraduate, he earned the university's Kenneth Priestley Award, given for highest distinction in leadership. Chen then attended Yale Law School and earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale in 2005. ^[2]

Career

Chen was an editor of Arts & Letters Daily while at Berkeley and worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP after law school. He is currently director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop. ^[3]

His writing has been published the Art Asia Pacific, Boston Review of Books, Manoa, Field, Pleiades, ^[4] and Barrow Street, Bridge, Radical Society, 5 Fingers Review, ^[5] and Palimpsest.

In 2004, Chen started his law career at Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, L.L.P in New York City, New York. ^[2]

Personal life

Chen lives in Brooklyn, New York. ^{[6] [7]}

Awards

• 2010 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition ^[8]

Works

• Juvenilia . Yale University Press. April 2010. ISBN   978-0-300-16007-9.
• Best American Essays 2006 . Houghton Mifflin. 2006. ISBN   978-0-618-70529-0.

References

1. "世界新聞網". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
2. "Resume of Ken Chen kenchen.org". Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
3. "Ken Chen Named Executive Director of Asian American Writers' Workshop | Daily News | Poets & Writers". pw.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
4. "University of Central Missouri". ucmo.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
5. Bachman, M. (2002). Five Fingers Review. Five Fingers Poetry. ISBN   9781880627099. ISSN   0898-0233 . Retrieved 2016-06-20.
6. "The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2005, Two Poems by Ken Chen". waywiser-press.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
7. "Glück Picks Ken Chen For Yale Younger Poets Prize | Poets and Writers". pw.org. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
8. "you are here: Congratulations to Ken Chen, Recipient of the 2009 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award". apapoetry.blogspot.com. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

External links

• Author's website