About Mary Jean Chan
Born 1990. Mary Jean Chan is a Hong Kong writer, poet, lecturer and editor.
Awards
Year Title Award Category Result Ref 2017 — National Poetry Competition — Second Place — The Poetry Society Anne Born Prize — — Forward Prizes for Poetry Single Poem 2018 — The Poetry Society Geoffrey Dearmer Award — 2019 — Forward Prizes for Poetry Single Poem Flèche Costa Book Award Poetry 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize — Jhalak Prize — John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize — Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Prize — 2021 Lambda Literary Awards Lesbian Poetry 2022 100 Queer Poems Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards — 2023 Bright Fear Forward Prizes for Poetry Collection 2024 Dylan Thomas Prize — The Folio Prize — Jhalak Prize —
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Who is Mary Jean Chan?
Hong Kong Chinese poet and writer
When was Mary Jean Chan born?
Mary Jean Chan was born in 1990 in Hong Kong.
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Mary Jean Chan is a writer, poet, lecturer and editor.
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Mary Jean Chan is Hong Kong.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mary Jean Chan. https://biography.guide/mary-jean-chan/
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