Charles Yu
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Charles Chowkai Yu (born January 3, 1976) is an American writer. He is the author of the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and Interior Chinatown, as well as the short-story collections Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You. In 2007 he was named a "5 under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation.[1] In 2020, Interior Chinatown won the National Book Award for fiction.[2]
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Born | Charles Chowkai Yu (1976-01-03) January 3, 1976 (age 48) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||||
Alma mater | UC Berkeley (BS) Columbia University Law School (JD) | ||||||||
Genre | novel, literary fiction, science fiction, experimental fiction, non-fiction | ||||||||
Notable works | How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010) Interior Chinatown (2020) | ||||||||
Notable awards | National Book Award for Fiction (2020) (for Interior Chinatown) Robert Olen Butler Prize Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 遊朝凱 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 游朝凯 | ||||||||
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