Gene Luen Yang | |||||||||
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 Yang at the 2024 National Book Festival | |||||||||
| Born | August 9, 1973 California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||
| Genre | Graphic novels | ||||||||
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellow | ||||||||
| Spouse | Theresa Kim | ||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊謹倫 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨谨伦 | ||||||||
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Gene Luen Yang (Chinese: 楊謹倫[1]; born August 9, 1973)[2] is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries.[3] In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.[4] In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program.[3] In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature.[5] That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.[6]
- ^ "杨谨伦：美生中国人的表述." (Archive) Government of the United States. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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- ^ Chen, Alice C. (May 11, 2008). "The Humble Comic: Gene Yang's Christian take on being American-born Chinese fuels his emerging comics career". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ George Gene Gustines, "Library of Congress Anoints Graphic Novelist as Ambassador for Young People’s Literature", The New York Times, January 4, 2016.
- ^ "Meet the 2016 MacArthur Fellows". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved September 22, 2016.