Lysley Tenorio
Encyclopedia
Lysley A. Tenorio is a Filipino-American short story writer.
He graduated from the University of Oregon
, with an MFA.
He teaches at Saint Mary's College of California
.
His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Ploughshares, Manoa, The Chicago Tribune.
He lives in San Francisco.
Life
He grew up in San Diego.He graduated from the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
, with an MFA.
He teaches at Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
.
His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Ploughshares, Manoa, The Chicago Tribune.
He lives in San Francisco.
Awards
- Pushcart Prize
- the Nelson Algren Award
- NEANational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship - Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
- 2008 Whiting Writers' AwardWhiting Writers' AwardThe Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
Works
- The view from Culion: stories, University of Oregon, 1998
External links
- "Lysley Tenorio", KQED
- "interview with Lysley Tenorio", San Francisco Examiner, July 29, 2009, Alegria Garcia