Don Lee (author)
| Don Lee | |
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| Born | 1959 |
| Occupation | Writer, Creative Writing professor |
| Nationality | American (Korean American) |
| Period | late 20th and early 21st century |
| Genre | literary fiction |
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Don Lee (born 1959) is a Korean-American novelist, fiction writer, literary journal editor, and creative writing professor.
The son of a State Department officer, Lee - who is a third-generation Korean American - spent his childhood in Tokyo (where he attended ASIJ, or the American School in Japan) and Seoul. He received his B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Literature from Emerson College.
After graduating with his M.F.A. degree, Lee taught fiction writing workshops at Emerson College for four years as an adjunct instructor, then began working full-time at the literary journal Ploughshares. He has also served as the primary editor of the literary journal Ploughshares for 17 years from 1988-2007. He was also an occasional writer-in-residence in Emerson's M.F.A. program and a visiting writer at other colleges and universities.
Lee's earlier work has appeared in GQ, New England Review, American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, and Glimmer Train, with Voir Dire anthologized in Charlie Chan Is Dead 2. For his short fiction, Lee also received an O. Henry Award (for his short story "The Possible Husband") and a Pushcart Prize (for his short story "The Price of Eggs in China"). Lee has also received fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the St. Botolph Club Foundation, and residencies from Yaddo and the Lannan Foundation. In 2007, Lee received the inaugural Fred R. Brown Literary Award for emerging novelists from the University of Pittsburgh’s creative writing program.
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