Vu Hoang Tran (born 1975; Vietnamese name: Trần Hoàng Vũ) is a

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writer. His

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, '' Dragonfish'', was released in 2015.

Life

Vu Tran was born in Saigon in 1975, and grew up in

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, Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Tulsa with an MA, from the

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with an MFA, and from the

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as a Glenn Schaeffer Fellow in Fiction with a PhD. His work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'' Stories, ''

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'', Fence Magazine, ''

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'', Nimrod, Interim, and ''

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''. He currently teaches creative writing at the

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Awards

* 2011 Finalist Award –

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for Creative Promise in Literature * 2009 Whiting Award * 2004 Lawrence Foundation Prize from the Michigan Quarterly Review * 2003 Short-Story Award for New Writers from

Stories

Works

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Books

* '' Dragonfish'' (W. W. Norton, 2015)

Anthologies

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tran, Vu 21st-century American novelists 21st-century Vietnamese writers American writers of Vietnamese descent Writers from Ho Chi Minh City Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni University of Tulsa alumni University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty Vietnamese crime fiction writers Vietnamese emigrants to the United States 1975 births Living people 21st-century American short story writers