Introduction
Chang-Rae Lee is a Korean American writer. He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1965 and immigrated to the US with his family when he was 3 years old. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and with a MFA in writing from the University of Oregon. He worked as a Wall Street financial analyst before turning to write full time as a living. Lee now is the director of Princeton's Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University.
Selected Works
- Native Speaker (1995),
- A Gesture Life. 1999
- Aloft 2004
Recognition&Awards
Lee’s first novel, Native Speaker, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and American Book Award. He serves as the representative in Korean American writer. He was selected as one of the Top 20 representative American writers who are under forty years old by New Yorker.
Influences
His works concentrates on the themes of alienation, identity and assimilation issues of the new immigrants. His novels received mixed notices from the critics and the public. His novels incorporates sensitive issues including the comfort women in World War two, which evokes strong reactions not only in American, but also in Korea. His influence is also shown in academia, where he teaches English at Princeton University, one of the best university in the world.(Wikipedia)
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