Victoria Chang
Encyclopedia
Victoria Chang is an American poet
. Her most recent poetry collection isSalvinia Molesta (University of Georgia Press
, 2008). Her first book, Circle (Southern Illinois University Press
, 2005), won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
, Harvard University
, and Stanford Business School. She also has an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers where she held a Holden Scholarship. She worked for Morgan Stanley
in investment banking, Booz Allen & Hamilton in management consulting, and Guidant
.
She lives in Southern California, with her husband and daughters, and works as a business researcher and writer.
Her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, Ploughshares, and The Nation.
Anthologies Edited
Anthology Publications
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. Her most recent poetry collection isSalvinia Molesta (University of Georgia Press
University of Georgia Press
The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses.Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA...
, 2008). Her first book, Circle (Southern Illinois University Press
Southern Illinois University Press
Southern Illinois University Press, founded in 1956, is a university press located in Carbondale, Illinois.The press publishes approximately 50 titles annually, among its more than 1,200 titles currently in print....
, 2005), won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
Life
Victoria Chang was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1970 and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield. Her parents were immigrants from Taiwan. She graduated from the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, and Stanford Business School. She also has an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers where she held a Holden Scholarship. She worked for Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....
in investment banking, Booz Allen & Hamilton in management consulting, and Guidant
Guidant
Guidant Corporation, part of Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs, designs and manufactures artificial pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, stents, and other cardiovascular medical products. Their company headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Their main competitors are Medtronic, St...
.
She lives in Southern California, with her husband and daughters, and works as a business researcher and writer.
Her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, Ploughshares, and The Nation.
Honors and awards
- 2004 Crab Orchard Review Open Competition AwardCrab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition AwardsThe Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts. In addition to the cash prizes, two winners get published by a university press....
- Salivinia Molesta Finalist for the 2008 Commonwealth California Book Award
- Circle, Winner of the Association for Asian American Book award
- Circle, finalist for the PEN Center West Book Award
- 2007 Cohen Award
- 2005 BreadLoaf Writers' Conference Fellowship
- 2005 Sewanee Writers' Conference Fellowship
- 2003 BreadLoaf Writers' Conference Scholarship
Published works
Full-Length Poetry CollectionsAnthologies Edited
Anthology Publications