Anelise Chen
Appearance
Anelise Chen | |
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Born | Taiwan |
Occupation | Author |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Notable works | So Many Olympic Exertions (2017) |
Anelise Chen is a Taiwanese-born American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She was named "5 under 35" by the National Book Foundation in 2019.[1] Her first novel, So Many Olympic Exertions, was published in 2017 by Kaya Press and was named one of the best books of the year by Brooklyn Rail.[2] She holds degrees from UC Berkeley (B.A. English) and New York University (MFA Fiction). Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, BOMB Magazine, The New Republic, Vice, and The Village Voice. She writes a column on mollusks for Paris Review.[3]
She lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anelise Chen". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "The Rail's Best Books of 2017". The Brooklyn Rail. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Anelise Chen, Author at The Paris Review". The Paris Review. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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- American women novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
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- UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
- New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni
- American writers of Taiwanese descent
- American women writers of Chinese descent
- Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
- American women academics
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