Chi Vu
Chi Vu was born in Vietnam, and arrived in Australia in 1979. Chi has worked as an artist, theatre maker & performer, writer, artistic director, lecturer and arts officer. In 2000 Chi was awarded an Asialink writer’s residency to Vietnam, and in 2006, she received an arts residency to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland. Chi’s plays have had professional productions in Melbourne and in Sydney at the Sidetrack Theatre and the Sydney Opera House’s Studio. Her short stories have been published in Meanjin, The Age, Refo, and in anthologies by Random House, Picador, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Black Inc and the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature. Excerpts of Chi’s work can be viewed online at http://www.macquariepenanthology.com.au/aust_filmclips.html