Peter Ho Davies

Peter Ho Davies (born August 30, 1966) is a contemporary British writer of Welsh and Chinese descent.

Biography

Born and raised in Coventry. Davies studied physics at Manchester University then English at Cambridge University [Cite web| url =http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2078273,00.html| title = Article on his life and The Welsh Girl, from The Guardian|accessdate =2008-02-04]

In 1992 he moved to the United States as a professor of creative writing.

Davies is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has taught at the University of Oregon and at Emory University and currently directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Bibliography

hort story collections

* "The Ugliest House in the World" (1997)
* "Equal Love" (2000)

Novels

* "The Welsh Girl" (2007)

Literary Significance

"The Ugliest House in the World" won the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillan Prizes in the UK, as well as the 1998 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel.

"Equal Love" was a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.

His short fiction has been widely anthologized, appearing in "Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards" 1998 and "Best American Short Stories" 1995, 1996, and 2001. In 2003, he was named by "Granta" magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists'.

"The Welsh Girl" was longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize [Cite web| url = http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive/39 | work = The Man Booker Prize | title = Prize Archive: 2007 | accessdate = 2008-01-18] and was listed as one of the best fiction books of 2007 by "The Boston Globe". [Cite web| url = http://www.boston.com/ae/books/gallery/2007_best_of?pg=2 | work = The Boston Globe | title = Best Fiction and Nonfiction Books of 2007 | accessdate = 2008-01-18]

Davies is also a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has taught at the University of Oregon and at Emory University and currently directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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