Ouyang Yu
Ouyang Yu graduated from La Trobe University with a doctoral degree in Australian literature. He has published more than twenty books in Chinese and English in the fields of fiction, poetry, literary translation and literary criticism. His first novel, The Eastern Slope Chronicle, was short-listed for the 2003 NSW Premier’s Awards. His third book of poetry, Foreign Matter, won the 2003 Fast Books Prize for Best Poetry in the self-published category in NSW, Australia. Ouyang is a poet, critic, academic, translator and prose-writer. Operating in two languages, he is adept at challenging Australia’s cultural status quo. In 2008, his book On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English, Thinking Chinese, Living Australian was published by Wakefield Press. His second full-length novel, Loose: A Wild History will be published (also in 2008) in the UK.
Asian Australian Studies Research Network
The AASRN is a formal network for academic, community and other institutional groups who research in the area of Asian Australian Studies.
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