Truong Tran
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Truong Tran is a Vietnamese-American poet, visual artist, and teacher. His collection dust and consciousness (2002) won the San Francisco Poetry Center Book Prize, and in 2003, he served as Writer in Residence for Intersection for the Arts
. Tran currently lives in San Francisco, where he teaches creative writing
at San Francisco State University
, and is Writer in Residence at the San Francisco School of the Arts.
and settling in the San Francisco bay area
.
degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz
in 1992. He received a Master of Fine Arts
degree from San Francisco State University
in 1995. He has taught at SFSU, UC Berkeley Extension, Mills College
, and Goddard College
.
as a visual artist, "the lost and the found", at the Kearney Street Workshop in San Francisco.
Intersection for the Arts
Intersection for the Arts, established in 1965, is the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco, California. Intersection's reading series is the longest continuous reading series outside of an academic institution in the state of California....
. Tran currently lives in San Francisco, where he teaches creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
, and is Writer in Residence at the San Francisco School of the Arts.
Early life
Tran was born in Saigon prior to his family emigrating to the United StatesUnited States
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and settling in the San Francisco bay area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
.
Education and teaching
Tran received a Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
in 1992. He received a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
degree from San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
in 1995. He has taught at SFSU, UC Berkeley Extension, Mills College
Mills College
Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded...
, and Goddard College
Goddard College
Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
.
Honors and awards
- Intersection for the Arts Writer in Residence, 2003
- San Francisco Poetry Center Prize for dust and consciousness, 2002
- San Francisco Library Laureate, 2000
- Western States Book Prize Finalist in Poetry, 1999
- Kiriyama Book Prize Finalist, 1998
- Browning Society Prize in Poetry, 1994
- Ina Coolbrith Prize in Poetry, 1992
Visual arts
In February 2010, Tran debuted his first solo exhibitionExhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within museums, galleries and exhibition halls, and World's Fairs...
as a visual artist, "the lost and the found", at the Kearney Street Workshop in San Francisco.