Anthony Veasna So
| Anthony Veasna So | |
|---|---|
| Roles | Author; Educator |
| Active | 2018-2020 |
| Based in | United States |
| Recognition | Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ literature, 2022, for Afterparties (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Veasna_So); Kundiman Fellow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Veasna_So); Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Veasna_So) |
| Subjects | Community & Civic Life; Family & Intergenerational Life; Gender & Sexuality; Literature & Storytelling; Migration & Diaspora |
Cambodian American fiction writer and essayist whose work portrays Khmer American life in California's Central Valley.
Anthony Veasna So was a Cambodian American writer whose story collection Afterparties was published in 2021 and whose essay collection Songs on Endless Repeat appeared posthumously. He taught literature and writing at Colgate University, Syracuse University, the Urban School of San Francisco and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, California. He died in San Francisco on December 8, 2020. Afterparties received the 2022 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ literature. (Wikipedia: Anthony Veasna So; Los Angeles Times remembrance)
Works
- Afterparties(Book)
- Songs on Endless Repeat(Book)