Han Ong

Quick Facts

Full Name	Han Ong
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1968(1968-02-05)
Age	56
Birthplace	Manila
Country	Philippines
Birth City	Metro Manila
Horoscope	Aquarius

Han Ong Biography

Han Ong is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 5, 1968 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. Han Ong was born February 5, 1968 to Filipino parents of ethnic Chinese descent in Manila, Philippines. His family immigrated to America in 1984 and settled in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Grant High School was his school, which is dominated by whites. Ong didn’t have a close relationship to his siblings and struggled with alienation in his new country as well as his experiences with adolescence. “Puberty plus new country — both are hard enough on their own,” he said. He found comfort in television and books.

Ong made the move to New York in 1994. His plays received high praise from critics. Robert Brustein, American Repertory Theater’s artistic director and one of America’s most revered actors, praised Ong. Ong, then twenty-nine years old, was one of 23 MacArthur Fellowships winners in 1997. His grant was $200,000. In an interview with Lonnae O’Neal Parker of the Washington Post, Ong stated that the MacArthur Fellowship would show the importance of self- determination for people in [my generation]. I didn’t consider being a high- school dropout a sign of my intelligence, or a sign of my future.

Ong is a recipient of the 2010/2011 Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin.

“I’ve written enough now to figure out I have a recurring tendency, which is that a lot of my characters are outsiders,” Ong told a reporter after the debut of his second book, “It comes from being an outsider twice over—my queerness and my ethnicity. I think it’s a gift, though. In life it may not be a gift, but in art it is.”

Ong won the Kesselring Prize in 1993 for best American plays for “Swoony Planet”.

Han Ong Net Worth

Han Ong is one of the richest Writer from Philippines. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Han Ong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Han Ong, born 1968, is an American playwright. He is a high school dropout and is one of the youngest recipients a MacArthur Foundation grant for “genius”. He was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States when he was 16. His novels Fixer Chao, as well as The Disinherited, explore themes such as outsiderness and cultural clash.

Ong’s work has been performed at many venues, including the Highways Performance Space & Gallery in California and the Berkeley Repertory Theater and New York’s Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York, Portland Stage Company in Maine and Boston’s American Repertory Theater. In 1993, Ong collaborated in a performance piece called “Airport Music” with Jessica Hagedorn, a Filipino American writer.

Although the MacArthur Foundation’s Genius Grant finished in 2002, Ong continues to write despite his lamentation that he is “a little poorer now.” He has recently focused his efforts solely on novels and hopes to revisit the Philippines after more than twenty years of separation from his homeland.

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Facts & Trivia

Han Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Philippines. Han Ong celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

Top Facts about Han Ong

1. Han Ong is a Filipino-American playwright and novelist.
2. He won the 1997 OBIE Award for his play “Fixer Chao”.
3. Ong’s works often explore themes of identity and displacement.
4. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 2000.
5. Ong has written several novels, including “The Disinherited” and “The Emperor’s Orphans”.
6. He was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Los Angeles.
7. Ong studied at Columbia University and received an MFA from Yale School of Drama.
8. His plays have been produced off-Broadway and internationally.
9. Ong is also a visual artist, with exhibitions in New York City and Berlin.
10. He currently teaches at Fordham University in New York City.

What is Javi by Han Ong about?

In a short story by Han Ong, Javi, a young undocumented immigrant, is afraid of the police, who always stop and question him. Then he finds a job working for an elderly painter, who offers protection.

Who is the youngest MacArthur fellow?

Han Ong
Awards| Guggenheim Fellowship (2005) MacArthur Fellows Program (1997) Berlin Prize (2010)

How prestigious is the MacArthur Fellowship?

The MacArthur Fellows for 2021 have been announced. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the 25 winners of this year’s MacArthur Fellowships, regarded as one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for intellectual and artistic achievement.

How much money do MacArthur Fellows get?

But the MacArthur Fellowship is not simply love mail. It comes with a no- strings-attached grant of $625,000 , to be awarded over five years. And it is known colloquially as the “genius” award, to the sometime annoyance of the foundation.

How does one become a MacArthur Fellow?

Individuals cannot apply for this award; they must be nominated. The MacArthur Fellowship is a five-year grant to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future.