Gene Luen Yang
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Yang at the 2024 National Book Festival | |||||||||
| Born | August 9, 1973 California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) | ||||||||
| Genre | Graphic novels | ||||||||
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellow | ||||||||
| Spouse | Theresa Kim | ||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊謹倫 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨谨伦 | ||||||||
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Gene Luen Yang (Chinese: 楊謹倫; born August 9, 1973) is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California. In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.