Alexander Kuo

Alex Kuo has lived and worked most of his adult life in the states of Idaho and Washington. Since 1963 he has taught writing and cultural studies at several colleges and universities on both sides of the Pacific.

Writing has provided him the opportunity to pursue and explore subjects that he believes are important and relevant to our collective experience.

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, he has also been awarded the Lingnan American Studies fellowship in Hong Kong and a Senior Fulbright lectureship in Changchun, a Rockefeller Bellagio residency, several research grants, including one from the United Nations for background research for the novel THE MAN WHO DAMMED THE YANGTZE. He has been appointed distinguished writer-in-residence at Fudan University, Knox College and Mercy Corps.

His LIPSTICK AND OTHER STORIES won the American Book Award in 2011.