Truong Tran
Truong Tran | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Poet, Visual artist |
| Nationality | Vietnamese American |
| Alma mater | UC Santa Cruz |
| Notable works | Placing the Accents (1999) dust and consciousness (2002) |
| Notable awards | San Francisco Poetry Center Book Prize (2002) Western States Book Prize Finalist in Poetry (1999) |
Truong Tran (born 1969) is a Vietnamese-American poet, visual artist, and teacher. His collection dust and consciousness (2002) won the San Francisco Poetry Center Book Prize,[1] 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.
Biography
Background
Tran was born in Saigon prior to his family emigrating to the United States and settling in the San Francisco bay area.
Education and Teaching
Tran received a Bachelor of Arts 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.
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 of 2010, Tran debuted his first solo exhibition as a visual artist, "the lost and the found", at the Kearney Street Workshop in San Francisco.[2]
Bibliography
Poetry
- Four letter Words (2008)
- within the margins (2004)
- dust and conscience (2002)
- Placing the Accents (1999)
- The Book of Perceptions (1999)
Children's Books
- Going Home Coming Home (2003)