Alice Pung

Alice Pung

Alice Pung on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born 1981
Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australian
Notable works Growing Up Asian in Australia
Unpolished Gem
Notable awards Numerous
Website
alicepung.com

Alice Pung (born 1981) is an Australian writer, editor and lawyer. She wrote the memoir Unpolished Gem[1][2][3][4] and edited Growing Up Asian in Australia.

Pung is a practising solicitor and has worked as an art instructor, independent school teacher at primary and secondary schools and is Artist in Residence at Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne.

Life

Pung was born in Footscray and grew up in Braybrook, attending local schools including Christ the King College, a Catholic school for girls. Her parents are Taiwanese who immigrated to Cambodia then fled to Australia as asylum seekers.[5]

Writing career

Pung's first book, Unpolished Gem, won the 2007 Newcomer of the Year Award in the Australian Book Industry Awards.[6] Her follow-up memoir, Her Father's Daughter, was published in 2011.

Pung has attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

Works

Novels

Memoir

Children's books

Edited collections

Articles

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://booklistonline.com/Unpolished-Gem-Alice-Pung/pid=2938982
  2. ↑ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alice-pung/unpolished-gem/
  3. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/memories-of-relative-unease-20110819-1j20v.html
  4. ↑ https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2011/september/1314947772/brenda-walker/her-father-s-daughter-alice-pung
  5. ↑ Interview with Alice
  6. ↑ http://abiawards.com.au/history/
  7. ↑ http://abiawards.com.au/history/

External links

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