Ken Chen

Ken Chen (born 1979 San Diego, California) is an American poet and lawyer.

Ken Chen
Born1979 (age 40–41)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley, Yale Law School
OccupationPoet, Lawyer

Early life

In 1979, Chen was born in San Diego, California. Chen's parents are immigrant from Taiwan. Chen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

Education

In 2001, Chen earned a BA degree in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. In Spring 2005 Chen earned a JD from Yale Law School. [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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2020-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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