Barbara Tran

Barbara Tran (born 1968) is an American-born poet living in Canada. She received a Pushcart Prize in 1997.

Career Born in New York City, Tran received her BA from New York University and her MFA from Columbia University. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Scholarship, MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and Pushcart Prize,

Tran's first poetry collection, In the Mynah Bird's Own Words (Tupelo Press, 2002), was selected by Robert Wrigley as the winner of Tupelo Press's chapbook competition, and was a PEN/Open Book Award finalist.

Awards and honors Tran is a recipient of a Research and Creation grant and a Professional Development for Artists grant from the Canada Council, as well as a Literary Creation Project grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

She was longlisted for the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize.

Works

PEN/Open Book Award finalist.