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May Huang

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May Huang

May Huang is a writer and translator from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Her translations of Chinese literature have appeared in Brooklyn Rail, The Common, World Literature Today, Circumference, Asymptote, and elsewhere. She graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in 2019. She was a mentee in ALTA’s 2020 Emerging Translators Mentorship Program and received a 2022 PEN/HEIM grant to translate Chiou-Charng Ting’s “Young Gods.” Based in Berkeley, she works in public relations and enjoys constructing crosswords. Twitter: @mayhuangwrites

 

Email: [email protected]
Genre: Poetry, Fiction

Translated Work

Kan Yao-Ming, “Becoming Bunun,” (成為真正的人,甘耀明), Books From Taiwan, 2021

Derek Chung, “Festival,” (節日,鍾國強), World Literature Today, 2021

Derek Chung, “The Cha Chaan Teng on Fortune Street,” (福華街茶餐廳,鍾國強), The Common, 2021

Lin Yi, “Bopomofo Practice” (注音練習, 林儀), Cicada, 2021

Derek Chung, “Housework” (家務,鍾國強), Circumference, 2020

Ya Hsien, “Chicago,” (芝加哥,瘂弦),Brooklyn Rail, 2017