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Ocean Vuong

Born

in Sai Gon, Viet Nam

October 14, 1988

Website

http://www.oceanvuong.com

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Ocean Vuong is the author of the debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, out from Penguin Press (2019). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize.

Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic, Harpers, The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 386,981 ratings · 53,303 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.04 avg rating — 315,933 ratings — published 2019 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.20 avg rating — 41,578 ratings — published 2016 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Is a Mother 3.95 avg rating — 28,658 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan, Andrew McMillan (Editor), Ocean Vuong (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh by Thich Nhat Hanh, Ocean Vuong (Introduction) 4.37 avg rating — 559 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burnings 4.42 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freeman's. Scrittori dal futuro by John Freeman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sara Reggiani (Translator), Damiano Abeni (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 155 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No 4.53 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and Time Is a Mother: 2 books collection set 4.48 avg rating — 75 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set by Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong (Contributor), Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong (Contributor) 4.11 avg rating — 72 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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