Shanxing Wang: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 07:19, 11 February 2023

Shanxing Wang is a contemporary American poet, scientist and political activist. Wang's first full-length book, Mad Science in Imperial City, was published in 2005 by Futurepoem Books and was awarded the 2006 Asian American Literary Award for poetry.^[1] Mad Science combines Wang's past in the 1980s as an activist and scientist in China with his current life as a poet in America.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Qi County, Shanxi Province of China in 1965^[2] and studied mechanical engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University from 1980 to 1987. As a faculty member at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, he was an active participant in the Tiananmen Square demonstrations during the spring of 1989. He moved to the United States in 1991 and did Ph.D. study in mechanical engineering at University of California at Berkeley.^[2] In 2001, he began taking creative writing classes while teaching Industrial Engineering at Rutgers University and eventually took further classes at the St. Mark's Poetry Project and Naropa University.

He currently lives in Queens, New York and is working on his second book to be published by Atelos.

References[edit]

^ "The Ninth Annual Asian American Literary Awards Ceremony". The Asian American Writers Workshop. The Asian American Writers Workshop. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Shanxing Wang". Triptych Readings. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

External links[edit]

[aaww-1] "The Ninth Annual Asian American Literary Awards Ceremony". The Asian American Writers Workshop. The Asian American Writers Workshop. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[treadings-2] "Shanxing Wang". Triptych Readings. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|American poet}}
-'''Shanxing Wang''' is a contemporary American poet, scientist and political activist.  Wang’s first full-length book,'' Mad Science in Imperial City'', was published in 2005 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurepoem_Books Futurepoem Books] and was awarded the 2006 Asian American Literary Award for poetry.  ''Mad Science'' combines Wang’s past in the 1980s as an activist and scientist in China with his current life as a poet in America.
+{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}
+'''Shanxing Wang''' is a contemporary [[People of the United States|American]] [[poet]], [[scientist]] and [[political activist]]. Wang's first full-length book, ''Mad Science in Imperial City'', was published in 2005 by [[Futurepoem Books]] and was awarded the 2006 [[Asian American Literary Award]] for poetry.<ref name=aaww>{{cite web|title=The Ninth Annual Asian American Literary Awards Ceremony|url=http://www.aaww.org/awards_2006pics.html|work=The Asian American Writers Workshop|publisher=The Asian American Writers Workshop|accessdate=20 May 2011}}</ref> ''Mad Science'' combines Wang's past in the 1980s as an activist and scientist in [[China]] with his current life as a poet in America.
+==Biography==
-He was born in Qi County, Shanxi Province of China in 1965 and studied Mechanical Engineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_Jiaotong_University Xi'an Jiaotong University] from 1980 to 1987.  As a faulty member at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_University_of_Chemical_Technology Beijing University of Chemical Technology], he was an active participant in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square Tiananmen Square] demonstrations during the spring of 1989. He moved to the United States in 1991 and did Ph.D. study in Mechanical Engineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley University of California at Berkeley]. In 2001, he began taking creative writing classes while teaching Industrial Engineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutgers_university Rutgers University] and eventually took further classes at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Poetry_Project St. Mark’s Poetry Project] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naropa_University Naropa University].  He currently lives in Queens, New York and is working on his second book to be published by Atelos.
+He was born in [[Qi County, Shanxi]] Province of China in 1965<ref name=treadings>{{cite web|title=Shanxing Wang|url=http://www.triptychreading.com/shanxingwang.html|work=Triptych Readings|accessdate=20 May 2011}}</ref>  and studied [[mechanical engineering]] at [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] from 1980 to 1987. As a faculty member at [[Beijing University of Chemical Technology]], he was an active participant in the [[Tiananmen Square]] demonstrations during the spring of 1989. He moved to the United States in 1991 and did [[Ph.D.]] study in mechanical engineering at [[University of California at Berkeley]].<ref name="treadings" /> In 2001, he began taking creative writing classes while teaching [[Industrial Engineering]] at [[Rutgers University]] and eventually took further classes at the [[St. Mark's Poetry Project]] and [[Naropa University]].
+He currently lives in [[Queens, New York]] and is working on his second book to be published by Atelos.
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
 * [http://jacketmagazine.com/34/brown-iv-shanxing.shtml ''Jacket Magazine'', Interview with Shanxing Wang, October 2007]
 * [http://shanxingwang.blogspot.com Shanxing Wang's blog]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Shanxing}}
+[[Category:Living people]]
-<!--- Categories --->
-[[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]]
+[[Category:21st-century American poets]]
+[[Category:Chinese emigrants to the United States]]
+[[Category:American writers of Chinese descent]]
+[[Category:People from Jinzhong]]
+[[Category:Academic staff of Beijing University of Chemical Technology]]
+[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]