Grace Yee

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Grace Yee
Born British Hong Kong
Occupation
  • Poet
  • creative writing teacher
Alma mater University of Melbourne, PhD
Notable worksChinese Fish
Notable awardsVictorian Prize for Literature
2024 Chinese Fish

Grace Yee is a poet, writer and creative writing teacher. Her debut verse novel, Chinese Fish, won both the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry in 2024.

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Early life and education

Yee was born in British Hong Kong and grew up in New Zealand and Australia. [1]

She graduated from Deakin University with a MA. [1] She later completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne. Her thesis was titled "Beneath the Long White Cloud : settler Chinese women's storytelling in Aotearoa New Zealand". [2]

Career

Yee has lectured at both Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. She was awarded a Creative Fellowship by the State Library of Victoria in 2019.

Her poems have been published in Australia in Overland , Island , Meanjin, Southerly, Westerly, Rabbit and Cordite PoetryReview. They have also appeared in The Shanghai LiteraryReview, Women’s Museum of California, Hainamana and the Poetry New Zealand Yearbook. [3]

She adapted her prizewinning verse novel, Chinese Fish, from her PhD thesis. [4] The book was selected as winner of the 2024 Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry from 807 entries. It subsequently won the 2024 Victorian Prize for Literature, the first win for poetry in ten years. [3]

Awards and recognition

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Grace Yee". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. Yee, Grace (2016). Beneath the Long White Cloud: settler Chinese women's storytelling in Aotearoa New Zealand (Thesis). hdl:11343/94068.
  3. 1 2 Boecker, Brianna (2 February 2024). "Melbourne poet Grace Yee wins Australia's richest literary award for debut 'Chinese Fish'". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 Heath, Nicola (1 February 2024). "Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn't published". ABC News. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  5. Cain, Sian (1 February 2024). "Debut poet Grace Yee wins $125,000 for 'feminist vision' at Victorian premier's literary awards". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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