Lan Samantha Chang
Lan Samantha Chang (張嵐; pinyin: Zhāng Lán) is an American novelist and short story writer. She is the author of The Family Chao and Hunger. For her fiction, which explores Chinese American experiences, she is a recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Berlin Prize, the PEN/Open Book Award and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award.
Lan Samantha Chang | |
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| Born | Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MPA) |
| Genre | Novel, short story |
| Notable works | Hunger Inheritance All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost The Family Chao |
| Notable awards | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2023) Berlin Prize (2021) PEN/Open Book Award (2005) Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award (1998) |
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She is the Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts at the University of Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the first woman, and the first Asian American, to hold the position.
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