Poet Ocean Vuong

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Ocean Vuong

Living place: Queens

Birthday: 14-10-1988 (36 years old)

Population of Vietnam 1988: 63,26 millions

Global rank: #74807

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Who is Poet Ocean Vuong?
Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American poet and writer. In 2014, he received the Ruth Lilly / Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and the Whiting Award for his work.
Recently, Ocean Vuong won the Forward Prizes, and was named "Oscars" Poetry" in the category "Best First Collection of Poetry". With the poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds" - roughly translated as "Night Sky with Open Wounds", Ocean Vuong won a prize of up to £5,000 for a promising young poet at the awards ceremony held. in London - England taking place on September 21.
Previously, also with the poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds", he received the Whiting Prize for American Poetry 2016. The jury at the top of the Forward Prizes was Andrew Marr has praised the young Vietnamese-American poet as a truly excellent new poetic voice.
Ocean Vuong said that when he was 2 years old, he moved with his family to the US to settle down. He lives with his family in the Connecticut city of Hartford. When he went to kindergarten, he quickly adapted to the living environment here. He quickly memorized the English alphabet. And after only a few years, he became fluent in English, but he could only speak fluently, not write fluently. Then, through recordings of famous speeches he heard at the library, he found inspiration to learn this language. He graduated with a degree in English literature in the 19th century from Brooklyn University.
In addition to the poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds", Ocean Vuong also published many other poetry collections such as "No" in 2013, or "Burnings" in 2010. His works have now been translated into many languages.
 
 

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When was Poet Ocean Vuong born?
Ocean Vuong birthday 14-10-1988 (at the age of 36).
Where is Poet Ocean Vuong's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ocean Vuong was born in Ho Chi Minh, of Vietnam. Mr working and living in Queens, New York- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Ocean Vuong's global rank is 74807 and whose rank is 634 in list of famous Poet. Population of Vietnam in 1988 is about 63,26 millions persons.
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Events in 1988 and 14-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Ocean Vuong

  • US and Canada reach free trade agreement (Jan. 2). Background: NAFTA
  • Terrorists kill nine tourists on Aegean cruise (July 11).
  • Benazir Bhutto, first Islamic woman prime minister, chosen to lead Pakistan (Dec. 1).
  • Pan-Am 747 explodes from terrorist bomb and crashes in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on ground (Dec. 21).

Birthday Ocean Vuong (14-10) in history

  • Day 14-10 year 1066: Under the leadership of William the Conqueror, the Normans defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
  • Day 14-10 year 1933: Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.
  • Day 14-10 year 1947: U.S. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.
  • Day 14-10 year 1964: Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.
  • Day 14-10 year 1968: The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.
  • Day 14-10 year 1990: Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.
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