Jay Gao

Jay Gao
Born1994 (age 31–32)
Preston
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh
Brown University
Columbia University
OccupationPoet
Writing career
GenrePoetry
Notable workImperium
Notable awardsEric Gregory Award
Somerset Maugham Award
Websitewww.jay-gao.com//

Jay Gao is a poet and writer from Edinburgh, based in New York City.

Early life and education

Jay Gao was born in Preston in 1994 but grew up in Glasgow and Edinburgh. After attending the University of Edinburgh, he later earned his MFA in Literary Arts (Poetry) from Brown University. He is currently a PhD student in English Literature at Columbia University.

Career

Between 2017 and 2022, Gao began publishing under the name Jay G Ying, publishing two poetry pamphlets during this time: Wedding Beasts (2019), shortlisted for the 2019 Callum MacDonald Memorial Award; and Katabasis (2020), winner of the 2019 New Poets Prize, judged by Mary Jean Chan.

In 2018, Gao co-founded the Scottish BPOC Writers Network with Alycia Pirmohamed as an "advocacy and professional development group for Scottish and Scotland-based writers and literary professionals who identify as BPOC (Black people, People of Colour)".

In 2022, his debut poetry collection, Imperium, was published by Carcanet and was subsequently a winner of the 2023 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize, a Somerset Maugham Award, and an Eric Gregory Award. Imperium was also a runner-up for the 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award and long-listed for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award.

In 2022, his short story "The Baron and His Volcano" won the 2022 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, a prize that aims to celebrate international writers of experimental fiction.

Works

Poetry Collections

Poetry Pamphlets/Chapbooks

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Communications, Brown Office of University. "Reading: Jay Gao, My Tran, Chibuihe Obi Achimba". events.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ↑ "Jay Gao". Columbia University.
  3. ↑ "The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award 2019". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. 1 2 "Katabasis". The Poetry Business. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ↑ "About -". Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  6. ↑ "Carcanet reveals 2022 debut collections". Bookbrunch. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  7. 1 2 Dami (2020-08-07). "Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize Competition". The English Association. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  8. 1 2 "Somerset Maugham Awards - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. 1 2 "Eric Gregory Awards - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Archived from the original on 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  10. ↑ "EMPA 2022: Winners". 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  11. ↑ "Carcanet Press - Imperium". www.carcanet.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  12. 1 2 "Jay Gao scoops Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  13. 1 2 Anderson, Porter (2022-08-23). "Spain's 2022 Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Jay Gao". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  14. ↑ "Jay Gao wins Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize". Bookbrunch. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  15. ↑ Gao, Jay (2026). The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber. New York: Nightboat Books. ISBN 9781643623290.
  16. ↑ Gao, Jay (2022). Imperium. Manchester: Carcanet Poetry. ISBN 978-1-80017-247-0.
  17. ↑ Gao, Jay (2024). Bark, Archive, Splinter. Out-Spoken Press. ISBN 9781738412501.
  18. ↑ Gao, Jay (2024). Bark, Archive, Splinter. Belladonna* Collaborative.
  19. ↑ Gao, Jay (2022). TRAVESTY58: Lake Poems. SPAM Press. ISBN 978-1-915049-10-0.
  20. ↑ Gao, Jay (2020). Katabasis. Smith|Doorstop. ISBN 978-1-912196-30-2.
  21. ↑ Gao, Jay (2019). Wedding Beasts. Bitter Melon.
  22. ↑ Magazine, The London (2022-02-25). "News | Poetry Prize 2021/22: Jay Gao wins first place for his poem 'Sky Soldier'". The London Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  23. ↑ Mullen, Alice (2018-03-16). "1st PRIZE: JAY G YING". The Poetry Book Society. Retrieved 2024-05-26.