less than 1 minute read

Minfong Ho (1951-) Biography

Career, Awards, Honors, Writings, SidelightsPersonal, Addresses, Member, Work in Progress



Born 1951, in Rangoon, Burma; Education: Attended Tunghai University (Taichung, Taiwan), 1968-69; Cornell University, B.A. (honors), 1973, M.F.A., 1980. Religion: Agnostic. Hobbies and other interests: Swimming, hiking, growing things.



Agent—Tracey Adams, McIntosh and Otis, Inc., 310 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017.

Authors Guild, PEN America.

Jataka Tales: A Selection of Buddha's Birth Stories; Duty Free, a novel about 1840s Singapore; The Ballad of Mulan, the Woman Warrior; Morenak Mayda; The Great Pond, translation of the Thai novel by Thepsiri; Sojourn, a historical novel about the first Chinese in Nantucket, 1807.

Additional topics

Brief BiographiesBiographies: James Heneghan (1930-) Biography - Personal to Rick Jacobson Biography - Personal