Marie Lee
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Marie Myung-Ok LeeAbout the Author: Marie G. Lee, www.uni-giessen.de, Retrieved September 20, 2011(Hibbing, Minnesota
) is an American
author
and essayist.
Her stories and essays have been published in The Atlantic, Witness
, The Kenyon Review
, TriQuarterly
, Newsweek
, Slate
and The New York Times
. She has received honors for her work including an O. Henry honorable mention for an adaptation of a chapter from Somebody's Daughter
, and was a recipient of the MacColl Johnson literature fellowship and 2010 Fiction Fellowship from the Rhode Island
State Council on the Arts. Lee has been a Yaddo
, MacDowell Colony
and VCCA
fellow, has served as a National Book Award
judge, and has taught fiction writing at Yale University
. She is a founder and former Board President of the Asian American Writers' Workshop
. She currently teaches at Brown University
.
Lee's novel, Somebody's Daughter
(2005), is based on her year as a Fulbright Scholar to Korea
, taking oral histories of Korean birth mothers. She has been involved in the adoptee
community for many years, but Lee herself is not adopted. One of her family members is adopted from Korea.Smith, Andy (17 April 2005). A Korean-American journey: Providence's Marie Myung-Ok Lee writes her first novel for adults, Providence Journal(21 February 2005). Fiction Review: Somebody's Daughter, Publisher's Weekly
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,361 at the 2010 census. The city was built on the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range. At the edge of town is the largest open-pit iron mine in the world. U.S...
) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and essayist.
Her stories and essays have been published in The Atlantic, Witness
Witness (magazine)
Witness is a literary and issue-oriented magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV. Each issue includes fiction, poetry, memoir, and literary essays. The magazine has been honored with ten grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and writings from the journal have been...
, The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review
The Kenyon Review is a Literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College. The Review was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959...
, TriQuarterly
TriQuarterly
TriQuarterly Online is a not-for-profit American literary magazine published twice a year at Northwestern University that features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, literary essays, reviews, a blog, and graphic art....
, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, Slate
Slate (magazine)
Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. She has received honors for her work including an O. Henry honorable mention for an adaptation of a chapter from Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter is a 1992 television film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Nick Mancuso, Boyd Kestner, Michael Cavanaugh, Max Gail and Richard Lineback. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Lauren Currier....
, and was a recipient of the MacColl Johnson literature fellowship and 2010 Fiction Fellowship from the Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
State Council on the Arts. Lee has been a Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
, MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Colony
The MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
and VCCA
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is an artists’ community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of two weeks to two months for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains...
fellow, has served as a National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
judge, and has taught fiction writing at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. She is a founder and former Board President of the Asian American Writers' Workshop
Asian American Writers' Workshop
The Asian American Writers' Workshop is a nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 1991 to support of writers, literature and community. The Workshop also offers the annual Asian American Literary Awards and sponsors Page Turner: The Asian American Literary Festival.-External links:* *...
. She currently teaches at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
.
Lee's novel, Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter is a 1992 television film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Nick Mancuso, Boyd Kestner, Michael Cavanaugh, Max Gail and Richard Lineback. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Lauren Currier....
(2005), is based on her year as a Fulbright Scholar to Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, taking oral histories of Korean birth mothers. She has been involved in the adoptee
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
community for many years, but Lee herself is not adopted. One of her family members is adopted from Korea.Smith, Andy (17 April 2005). A Korean-American journey: Providence's Marie Myung-Ok Lee writes her first novel for adults, Providence Journal(21 February 2005). Fiction Review: Somebody's Daughter, Publisher's Weekly