Eugene Eoyang to receive IU Asian Alumni Association award

Congratulations to Eugene Eoyang, co-editor of Translating Chinese Literature, who was recently named the recipient of the IU Asian Alumni Association's Distinguished Asian Pacific American Award!

According to the press release, the award "recognizes outstanding professional achievements and community service of Asian and Pacific American alumni of IU." Eoyang arrived at IU as a graduate student in 1966. He taught East Asian languages and comparative literature at IU for 33 years, retiring in 2003; since then, he's taught English at Lignan University (until 2008) and "workshops in translation" at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Among his many accomplishments, Eoyang established—and directed for half a decade—the East Asian Summer Language Institute at IU, as well as three scholarships or prizes in honor of colleagues.

The Association will present the award to him during an August 9 ceremony at IU Bloomington's Lilly Library, held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will also feature a booksigning for his latest work, The Promise and Premise of Creativity: Why Comparative Literature Matters, published by Continuum.