Gene Luen Yang | |||||||||
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![]() Yang at the 2024 National Book Festival | |||||||||
Born | California, U.S. | August 9, 1973||||||||
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]
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